Haryana Industries Minister Mahender Partap Singh said the state would continue to accord priority to this sector in allotment of developed industrial land for the existing manufacturers for meeting their expansion requirements, as well as the new entrepreneurs.
The clout of Aituc and other unions in Haryana's automobile heartland will depend crucially on whether they manage to get a foothold in the country's largest car company.
Only Rico Auto Industries, whose Gurgaon plant was the epicentre of the strike after the death a worker in a group clash on Sunday, continued to be under lock-out.