On result day after the 2006 Assembly elections, he had the phone glued to his ear. Then the call came. It was Ratan Tata, one of the first to congratulate Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Tata would soon set up the Nano project in Singur, as he had promised. For Bhattacharjee, the call symbolised a turning point for Bengal. Personally, he thought it was the crowning glory of his long political career.