Kolkata: Narendra Modi, the Prime ministerial candidate of BJP, has expressed the hope that if his government comes at the centre after these Lok Sabha elections, he would get cooperation of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress government in creating a conducive atmosphere for industrialisation in West Bengal including the issue of Singur problem.
While talking with a daily newspaper of Bengal, Modi said, “I hope I will get all sorts of cooperation from West Bengal chief minister in solving the Singur tangle. Not only Singur, I hope I will get cooperation from the state government in creating a conducive atmosphere for industrialisation in the state. Hope Trinamool Congress will not indulge in vote bank politics on the question of development of the state.”
Over the issue of Nano project, Modi said, “I gave land to the Tata when they were in trouble. But I had some guilty feeling towards West Bengal because it was not my intention to deprive it (of the project). Now when I am thinking of the development of the entire country coming out of Gujarat, I have a thought on Singur also.”
The Tatas had shifted their Nano small car project to Gujarat in 2008 in the face of agitation by Trinamool Congress against acquisition of farmland in Singur by the then Left Front government.
Modi also termed the criticism against each other by BJP and TMC as “natural” during election campaign.
He said, “BJP and TMC are two different parties. Ideologically, they are different. It is only natural that they will criticise each other during the election time. But if I come to power I will not be revengeful against any state.”
Over the question of criticism of Modi by Mamata Banerjee, he said, “Whatever Mamata Banerjee says about me, I will not make any personal comment against her. On the other hand, I will give a guarantee that the state will not be deprived in any way as far as far as development is concerned. Whatever be the political differences (between us), Centre-state dispute should not be there.”
Bureau Report
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