The Justice MB Shah Commission has rejected Congress' allegation that former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had entered into a "clandestine understanding" with Tata Motors over setting up the company's Nano car manufacturing plant at Sanand in the State.
The Commission, whose report was tabled in the State Assembly last week looked into the allegations against Modi, which mostly pertained to allotment of land for major industrial and infrastructure projects, including nine cases related to Tata Nano plant, Adani Group's Mundra Port and SEZ, and larsen and Toubro.
In their memorandum to then President Pratibha Patil in 2011, State Congress leaders had alleged that Tata Motors received undue concessions to the tune of Rs33,000 crore out of the "secret understanding between Modi and the company."
The Congress leaders had also alleged that former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia had played a major role in this project, which was shifted to Gujarat from West Bengal in 2008.
"The said project was proposed to be established initially at Singur in West Bengal, which was later shifted to Gujarat after a clandestine understanding with Tata Motors ltd and the then Chief Minister of Gujarat," Congress' allegation in the Commission report stated.