(FILES) In this picture taken 11 December 2006, India's Trinamool Congress (TMC) Party Leader Mamata Banerjee sits in front of a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi during a hunger strike in Kolkata. banerjee ended her 25-day fast against a car project early 29 December 2006, after the country's prime minister and president asked her to call off the hunger strike. The outspoken leader of the opposition Trinamool Party in communist-ruled West Bengal state, had been fasting to protest the government's move to sell farmland to Indian auto giant Tata Motors for a factory. Getty Images logo Getty Images 34 months ago

(FILES) In this picture taken 11 December 2006, India's Trinamool Congress (TMC) Party Leader Mamata Banerjee sits in front of a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi during a hunger strike in Kolkata. banerjee ended her 25-day fast against a car project early 29 December 2006, after the country's prime minister and president asked her to call off the hunger strike. The outspoken leader of the opposition Trinamool Party in communist-ruled West Bengal state, had been fasting to protest the government's move to sell farmland to Indian auto giant Tata Motors for a factory.

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  2. Indian Railway minister Mamata Banerjee delivers a speech during a foundation lying ceremony at Rangpo on October 30, 2009, for a new route between Sevok in West Bengal to Rangpo in Sikkim. The rail ministry will invest Indian Rupees 1335 crore to develop the railway track, which would provide the land-locked Himalayan state that is dependent on National Highway NH31A, for its connection to the rest of the country, an alternative form of transport.
  3. Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee (R) speaks with former Indian Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly during an event in Kolkata on October 15, 2009. Banerjee laid the foundation stone to upgrade a sports ground to a sports complex, names as the Satyajit Roy Railway Indoor Stadium.
  4. Indian film maker Sandip Roy, son of Indian film director Satyajit Roy, gestures as he address a gathering attended by Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee (L) during an event in Kolkata on October 15, 2009. Banerjee laid the foundation stone to upgrade a sports ground to a sports complex, names as the Satyajit Roy Railway Indoor Stadium.
  5. Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee (L) speaks with former Indian Olympian P.T. Usha (C) and Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly during an event in Kolkata on October 15, 2009. Banerjee laid the foundation stone to upgrade a sports ground to a sports complex, names as the Satyajit Roy Railway Indoor Stadium.
  6. Supporters listen to a speech by unseen Indian Railway Minister and Trinamul Congress Party supremo Mamata Banerjee looks during a public rally in Siliguri on October 4, 2009. The Trinamul Congress chief 'apologised' to the people for the breakdown of the alliance with Congress in Siliguri after Congress formed the Siliguri municipal board with Left Front support.
  7. Sham Lal Gandhi raises his fist after garlanding a statue of Mahatma Gandhi during celebrations on his 140th birth anniversary in Amritsar on October 2, 2009. Indians all over the country celebrate this day with prayers and various social activities as a mark of respect to Gandhi, famed as the torchbearer of India's fight against British rule.
  8. Sham Lal Gandhi poses as he spins cotton during celebrations on the 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Amritsar on October 2, 2009. Indians all over the country celebrate this day with prayers and various social activities as a mark of respect to Gandhi, famed as the torchbearer of India's fight against British rule.
  9. Indian Congress Party members wash a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with milk in Amritsar on October 1, 2009, on the eve of Gandhi's 140th birth anniversary. Indians all over the country celebrate Gnadhi's birthday with prayers and various social activities as a mark of respect to Gandhi, famed as the torchbearer of India's fight against British rule.
  10. Indian Congress Party members wash a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with milk in Amritsar on October 1, 2009, on the eve of Gandhi's 140th birth anniversary. Indians all over the country celebrate Gnadhi's birthday with prayers and various social activities as a mark of respect to Gandhi, famed as the torchbearer of India's fight against British rule.
  11. Children hold photographs of India's Independence struggle icons Subhash Chandra Bose, left, Jawahar Lal Nehru, second left, and Mahatma Gandhi, as they perform during the Rajiv Gandhi awards ceremony, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. The awards have been instituted to commemorate the memory of Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India who was assassinated in 1991.
  12. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez holds a bust of Mahatma Gandhi presented to her during a visit to the Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Fernandez is on a two-day official visit to India.
  13. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  14. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  15. An employee is seen inside a showroom of Tata Motors in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad August 31, 2009. Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, posted a consolidated loss for its fiscal first quarter, but remained confident about the prospects of its loss-making Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) unit.
  16. Tata Motors Vice Chairman Ravi Kant speaks during a news conference after announcing the company's consolidated results for the first quarter in Mumbai August 31, 2009. Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, posted a consolidated loss for its fiscal first quarter, but remained confident about the prospects of its loss-making Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) unit.

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