Said Left Front chairman Biman Bose after a brief meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: “The Tata Motors decision is unfortunate. We will request the company to reconsider the decision.” Earlier, Bhattacharjee met Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and asked him to mediate between Mamata Banerjee and the state government. “We do not need any third intermediary,” he said.

In Singur, Mamata said: “It is an internal and technical decision of the company. I have nothing to say.” Earlier in the day, she had said she was keen to “find a solution.” Her colleague Partha Chatterjee shuttled thrice between Singur and Raj Bhavan.

DADA v DIDI

SOURAV GANGULY: “The Nano project will be a beginning of an era in Bengal which will revolutionalise the prospects of the state and future of youth… Let us support theTatas… If this project goes elsewhere, the state will become a dark spot.”

TRINAMOOL LEADER Dinesh Trivedi said: “He’s doing his duty as (brand ambassador for the Tatas) and is earning out of it. But the issue is very sensitive.”