There was no question of mistrust between Tata Trusts and Cyrus Mistry: VR Mehta, Tata Trusts

When Cyrus Mistry talks about lacks of corporate governance in Tata Sons, you as the principal shareholder of Tata Sons, the holding company for the group, how do you respond to such charges?

Again you are referring to some letter of Mr Mistry about the contents of which I am not aware. So firstly, I do not know what exactly are the words he has used and how he has described this and secondly, when he says that Tata Sons, the corporate governance issues, I am not aware of any issues that he may have raised with the Tata Trusts.

So this is not something that was discussed between Tata Trusts and the Tata Sons Chairman?

No, not in our trust board meetings.

It is also a matter of cultural disconnect between Cyrus Mistry and what has been the Tata ethos over the years and that is also one reason why I am going to the next question. When it comes to charity, when it comes to philanthropy, over the years Tatas have been at the forefront. Whether there are signs that things would not have been same had Cyrus continued for long as the group chairman?

I did not see as such any kind of apathy or antagonism to the philanthropic work from Mr Cyrus Mistry. So I would not say that there was any concern on this matter, on this aspect.