Will bring Tatas to Bengal but land at Singur no longer belongs to govt., says Bengal CM

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (June 12, 2026) stated the federal government would bring the Tata Group again to the State. Nonetheless, he added that the land at Singur on which Tata Motors had arrange a automotive manufacturing unit is no longer with the State authorities because it had been returned to the farmers.

“The farmers at Singur can’t develop any crops as a result of the concrete introduced for the manufacturing unit bought blended with the soil,” the Chief Minister stated. The withdrawal of Tata Motors from Singur in 2008 is taken into account a setback for the commercial aspirations of the individuals of West Bengal. After a protracted authorized battle, the land acquired by the Left Entrance authorities at Singur was returned to the farmers of West Bengal by Mamata Banerjee through the Trinamool regime.

Talking to presspersons at an occasion to mark 12 years of the Narendra Modi authorities at the Centre, Mr. Adhikari stated his authorities is severe on attracting investments to the State but added that the Bharatiya Janata Occasion authorities in West Bengal is not going to interact in “picture periods” within the identify of industrialisation.

“We would like to see if these [industrialists] investing within the State are good, whether or not there are allegations of tax fraud, land fraud or cash laundering towards them… whether or not they have taken land and never made any investments and need to meet in order that they will maintain the land,” the Chief Minister stated, including that his authorities will train warning over enterprise teams investing in West Bengal.

Mr. Adhikari stated that land acquisition is not going to be a difficulty and that forcibly buying land just like the Left Entrance authorities or forcing industries out of the State just like the Trinamool Congress authorities was not the answer.

The Chief Minister cited the allocation of land to the Border Safety Pressure for fencing about 100 km of West Bengal-Bangladesh border as a significant success of his first month as Chief Minister. He added that folks have been keen to hand over land for industrialisation and {that a} street map for industrialisation shall be mirrored within the Funds that shall be tabled within the Meeting later this month.

Commenting on the Bengal World Enterprise Summit, Mr. Adhikari stated that an occasion administration agency was paid ₹635 crore for conducting numerous editions of the enterprise summit. “I’ve the record. The earlier Trinamool authorities paid ₹635 crore to an occasion administration firm within the identify of organising the Bengal World Enterprise Summit. There shall be an investigation. Not solely will we conduct an investigation, but we’ll file instances,” he stated.

Zero tolerance towards hooliganism

The Chief Minister, who spoke on quite a lot of points at the press convention, stated that the federal government has a “zero-tolerance” coverage in the direction of unrest, hooliganism and anti-social actions.

“After we got here to energy, there have been sure incidents, and we tackled them firmly, sending out a transparent message that there shall be zero tolerance in the direction of this type of unrest, hooliganism and anti-social actions. We is not going to permit such issues to proceed,” he stated.

The Chief Minister, pointing to the violence at Asansol and Park Circus, stated that after sturdy police motion, there was no recurrence of such incidents.

Defends anti-encroachment drive

Mr. Adhikari additionally defended the continuing anti-encroachment drives towards hawkers on Kolkata streets and at railway stations.

“Folks have the suitable to stroll on footpaths. No person has the suitable to occupy them. Nobody has given me the suitable to hand over Kolkata’s large roads and footpaths to anybody. I’m accountable to the individuals,” he stated.

The Chief Minister highlighted congestion in areas reminiscent of New Market, Rajabazar and Metiabruz in Kolkata to argue that unchecked encroachment had turn out to be a governance problem quite than merely a livelihood problem.

“The federal government will act humanely, and potentialities of rehabilitation on unused authorities land shall be explored. However the encroachments may have to be eliminated first,” the Chief Minister stated.