"It is a victory of the people and the peaceful movement at Singur. And, now it is time to bid farewell also to the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government," Banerjee told reporters.

"Ratan Tata said a lot of bad things against us and belittled a people's peaceful movement against forcible farmland acquisition. He should not play with fire," she said.

On yesterday's comment made by Tata that "Mamata pulled the trigger", she said, "It does not behove well to accuse one party while speaking as 'His Master's Voice' (CPI-M) of another party. He is an industrialist and should see that there is good relationship between agriculture and industry.

He should not behave politically.

"We are not against any individual. He may accuse us. It is his culture. Our culture is pro-people.

"All industrialists are welcome to invest in West Bengal, but the state Government is trigger-happy which we will not allow...CPI(M) is shedding tears for the Tatas, but why not for the poor farmers...12 of them died in Singur...."

Reiterating her demand for return of land, the TC supreme said a statewide movement will be launched after the pujas for it.

She is planning to meet the Prime Minister and the

president between October 13 and 15 seeking Centre's intervention in the state, Banerjee said.

On the other hand, the CPI(M) said the "voice of majority" supporting it could not prevail due to "petty politics" and exuded confidence that there would be no exodus of investment from the Left-ruled state.

"It is unfortunate that the people of Bengal had to pay the price for such petty politics. The voice of the majority has not prevailed. Out of 13,000 farmers of Singur, more than 11,000 had given their consent for the Nano project," party Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said here.

Even Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh, while inviting Tatas to shift the project, "said Maharashtra had no politician like (Trinamool Congress chief) Mamata. Their politics has played havoc with lives and livelihood of the people and the future of the entire eastern region," he said.

Singur could have become a major automobile hub in the entire Eastern region. Such hubs, he said, existed in the Southern and Western parts of the country.

Yechury said the Tatas had to leave the project to meet certain deadlines and some international commitments. "Ratan Tata himself said he was leaving because of Mamata. I hope this (exit by Tatas) will not have any bearing on other investments in Bengal.

"... Though this is unfortunate, I don't think it will

lead to an exodus of investment from West Bengal. Big investments are already there, they are coming and they will continue to come. It must be remembered that Bengal is among the top three investment-friendly states in the country," the CPI(M) leader said.