Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda said on Wednesday that the state has been and will remain a major base of Indian auto giant Maruti Suzuki. He has dismissed the opposition’s charges that Maruti’s shifting from Haryana.
While speaking to the reporters in a press conference in Chandigarh, Hooda said, "INLD and Haryana Janhit Congress leaders have recently been issuing misleading statements about Maruti shifting base from Haryana. I want to clarify that none of this is true. Maruti has its base here and in future too Haryana will be its base." He added that he recently received a letter from Mr (Osamu) Suzuki that Maruti was planning to pump more investment in Haryana.
The recent labor strikes at Maruti’s Manesar plant had halted the company’s productions partially, causing huge revenue losses to the car maker. This was followed by car makers’ announcement of choosing Gujarat as its favorable destination for new plant.
Maruti Suzuki currently has three manufacturing units in Haryana including one in Gurgaon and two in Manesar. The firm is planning to open one more plant at Manesar with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. Moreover, the firm has planned-up an investment of Rs 1700 crore to set-up an international Research and Development (R&D) testing centre at Industrial Model Township (IMT) at Rohtak by year 2013.
