Nearly two decades old differences between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Tata Group have finally ended completely. After becoming the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 2011, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) in Kolkata, Tata Sons and Tata Motors President N.K. Met Chandrasekaran.
In this regard, the Trinamool Congress posted a post on the social media platform X. TMC said in its post, “The focal point of conversation between CM Banerjee and the President of Tata Group was to deepen the presence of the Tata group in the state.”
Posting pictures of this meeting, the Trinamool Congress wrote on X, “Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed Tata Sons and Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and made a creative communication on the industrial development and emerging occasions of Bengal.”
The Trinamool Congress further said, “This meeting reflects Bengal’s commitment to encourage innovation, investment and inclusive growth to promote meaningful public and personal participation.”
Smt. @MamataOFFICIAL Hosted Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons and the Tata Group, for a Constructive Dialogue on Bengal’s Industrial Growth and Emerging Opportunities.
The meeting reflected Bengal’s Commitment to Fostering meaningful Public-Private… pic.twitter.com/wfxeqs0wvu
– All India Trinamool Congress (@AItcofficial) July 9, 2025
What was Mamata Banerjee and Tata group dispute after all,
In fact, Mamata Banerjee fought against the CPI (M) rule in West Bengal for decades in the assembly, public opinion court and on the streets. But the decisive turn of his struggle came when he led a protest against the alleged forced land acquisition for Tata Motors plant in Singur, West Bengal. At the same time, this movement of 2006 and its next year in Nandigram is considered to be the main reason for Mamata Banerjee to reach the power of West Bengal in 2011.
Earlier, in 2008, Ratan Tata, the then president of Tata Group and Tata Motors, announced that the company was transferring the plant to Gujarat, where his dream was that their cheap cars Nano should be manufactured. Ratan Tata blamed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for this, saying, “I think Mamata Banerjee started it.” To this, Mamata Banerjee had reacted at that time, saying, “It is an unfortunate comment to hold me responsible for Tata’s decision to remove the project from Singur.”
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