India’s Tata Motors on Tuesday announced that it would produce its low-cost, high-profile “people’s car” in the state of Gujarat, just a few days after abandoning its nearly completed factory in the Communist-ruled state of West Bengal.

With several Indian states vying to woo the prestigious Nano project – expected to generate about 10,000 jobs – Tata ultimately fled to safety, choosing a state with a large industrial base and a political consensus on the benefits of such economic development.