Kolkata: Bengal Indutsries Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday hit back at top industrialist Ratan Tata for his comment that there is no sign of development in Kolkata. "Ratan Tata must have lost his mind. His own companies are adding 20,000 jobs in Bengal, I'm surprised his own companies don't brief him," Mitra said.
Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata had on Wednesday said that shifting the Nano car plant from Singur in West Bengal to Gujarat was a prudent move in hindsight but gave the group a high negative cost.
"In hindsight, it was a prudent decision given the hostile circumstances in Singur. But that move gave us a high negative cost," Tata said at an interaction organised by the Ladies Study Group of Indian Chamber of Commerce.
Talking about West Bengal, he said he faced a serious problem (referring to Singur) which was not related to labour.
"We had to take the decision that we cannot operate in the hostile situation and had to move out the car factory to another state. "You can pull the trigger of the gun or take it away. But the head will not move," he quipped.
Asked to comment on the change in the state compared to two years back, he said, "While driving from Rajarhat, it is unbelievable to see new buildings coming up. But it still looks like a countryside, undeveloped. I do not see much signs of industrial development."
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