India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India’s Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi will meet Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow to discuss and possibly finalise a deal to set up its 7th manufacturing plant in the state, Gujarat Principal Secretary (Industries & Mines) Maheshwar Sahu told PTI when asked if any such meeting is planned to discuss the agreement. Besides Nakanishi, the top level MSI delegation will also include its Chairman R C Bhargava and some other senior officials.

If a deal to set up the plant in Gujarat is finalised in the meeting, then it will be the first major investment by Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) outside Haryana, where it has been present since its inception in 1983.

The plant is likely to come up near Sanand where Tata Nano plant is also situated. If finalised, the Gujarat unit will be the company’s 7th production plant.

Earlier this month, senior MSI executives had met state officials here and held three rounds of talks so far.

MSI’s manufacturing has so far been concentrated in Haryana with two production facilities in Gurgaon and Manesar, besides an upcoming research centre in Rohtak.