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Wake up, India's politicians! The fracture of manufacture... Watch out - Maruti is about to jump ship to Gujarat! View of the factory premises in Manesar, Haryana, India. Cars lined up neatly and waiting for despatch but unable to go as the Manesar, Harayana factory is shut down after the disastrous July 2012 riot by 4000 workers which left a senior manager dead (after the rioting workers broke his knees and set fire to the building, preventing him from being able to escape), dozens of senior employees injured and a portion of the factory building burnt. The senior management were injured with the same car parts that they helped manufacture. Never has India had such a low in recent times. This was as bad for our country, our self-esteem and Public Relations of India Inc. as the 1947 riots,
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