People's car it is not
Limelight on the Tata Nano is not all that positive, it seems.
The Tata Nano made headlines on Thursday when it was unveiled as the world's cheapest car, designed to give Indian families an alternative to overcrowded scooters.
But whilst that is all bright and promising, activists near Kolkata were burning effigy of the car. The Trinamool Congress, a West Bengal opposition group, burned a mockup of the Nano in protest over land rights issue at the factory location where the Nano is to be built.
"Until farmers get back their land forcibly acquired for the Tata Motors small car plant at Singur, we will not allow the company to manufacture cars there," opposition leader Partha Chatterjee decreed, according to The Economic Times of India.
In New Delhi, a small group of protesters made a more passive appearance, but their T-shirt slogans were bold - "The ($2,500) car has Singur people's blood on it."
Tata Motors makes cars, trucks, and buses for both the domestic market and for export, and has tie-ups with Italy's Fiat and Korea's Daewoo.
Credits: Jarvis
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