Tata Motors was planning to pull out of Singur in West Bengal, from where it was to roll out its low-cost car Nano. In a statement last fortnight, the company said it was "evaluating alternate options for manufacturing the Nano car at other company facilities and a detailed plan to relocate the plant and machinery to an alternate site is under preparation." It added "to minimise the impact this may have on the recently recruited and trained people from West Bengal, the company is exploring the possibility of absorbing them at its other plant locations." Meanwhile, West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi began meetings with farmers and opposition party members to break the deadlock.