Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on December 14 recalled the launch of “people’s car” Maruti 800 40 years ago, and said former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi played a quiet but hugely effective role in the background.
Former Environment Minister Ramesh also said that while celebrating Maruti-Suzuki and its multiple impacts, let us also pause and worry a bit from the Inequality and Climate change point of view that more than 50% of car sales are now of SUVs.
In a post on X, Mr. Ramesh said, “Today 40 years ago, the consumer revolution overtook India and its engineering industry got transformed. The Maruti 800, the people’s car was launched and the nation recalls Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, who played a quiet but hugely effective role in the background.” “It is also important to recall Mr. O Suzuki and Mr. V Krishnamurthy who made the landmark Suzuki-Maruti joint venture possible,” he noted.
