The delay in the launch of Tata Nano was caused largely due to the Singur controversy. Singur is present in the state of West Bengal and about 997 acres had been allotted to Tata Motors for building the Nano. The construction for this factory on which the Nano was supposed to be coming up started in the month of July 2007 but soon faced opposition from a political party. The trinamool congress led by Mamata Banerjee protested against the manufacture of the car and the plant saying that the land was to be used for agrarian purposes and was wrongfully allotted to Tata Motors for making the Nano. There were protests all over the state and even in the capital city of New Delhi. Activists of the Trinamool congress stood outside the main gate of the plant and protested against any work in the plant.
On 2nd October 2008, Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata officially announced that Tata Motors would be pulling out of Singur for the security of there officers was of paramount importance to them and the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra as well as Gujarat were being looked at as viable options for the setting up of the Tata motors factory. Finally Gujarat was taken up as the apt place for building a new factory. West Bengal’s 
loss turned out to be Gujarat’s gain.
Ratan Tata was quoted saying in a paper, whether the people of West Bengal wanted jobs or lawlessness. Pranab Mukherjee the external affais minister of the country had said, that if a group like Tata motors exited the state of west Bengal it would be a great setback for them and the industrialization of the state.
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