Kolkata: Expressing shock at the manner in which construction work for the Tata Motors' small car project began today at Singur keeping the area under prohibitory orders, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today accused the Left Front government of deceiving her and said the people would not forgive the state government and the Tatas for their audacity.

Banerjee, who was discharged from nursing home last week, told sources" I am not well, I'm still under treatment. The way construction work started surreptitiously for the Tata project shocked me and hurt me deeply."

Banerjee said she had called off her 25-day hunger strike after she received an assurance of the President, the Prime Minister, state Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and the letter written by the state government to her said the issue of forcible acquisition of land for the project will be settled through discussion.
 

 "But I still can't go out of home due to my illness. The construction work for the project began surreptitiously at gunpoint imposing Section 144 CrPC in the area," she said.

"They have forgotten all courtesy. It has hurt me deeply People in the country and the state will not forgive the West Bengal government and the Tatas for their audacity," she said.