"We want to understand why Tatas are unwanted in West Bengal. I hope West Bengal does not get characterised as a troubled spot in India," he said.
He said: "It is for the people of West Bengal and Kolkata to decide whether we are unwanted or accept us as a good corporate citizen. If it is the latter, then it is good."
He said that if it was the other, then it would be impossible to alter the plan "following which we would have to make a move despite whatever investments had been already made in the project."
"We have plans to launch the Nano by October 2008, but many do not want that to happen," Tata added.
Image: Activists of the Trinamool Congress burn an effigy of the Tata Motors' ambitious people's car 'Nano' during a demonstration in Singur. | Photograph: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images
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