"Opportunities have to show themselves in West Bengal. When the opportunities show themselves, we make investments irrespective of political dispensation," Mistry replied to shareholders at Tata Global Beverages Ltd (TGBL) AGM when asked about the group's investment interests in the state.
Relations between the Tata group and the Trinamool Congress -- now in power in West Bengal -- soured after Tata Motors abandoned the Nano project at Singur in the state in 2008 following intense opposition from the party chief Mamata Banerjee.
A Supreme Court verdict on the matter is being awaited.
"We take an apolitical stance in business. West Bengal has a special place in our heart and history. We will look at West Bengal as a place to grow," he said.
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