Tata’s comments ‘inappropriate exercise’ of PR machinery: Cyrus Mistry

MUMBAI: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry has said Ratan Tata’s public comments on sub-judice matters is reflective of the “inappropriate exercise” of the public relations machinery.

The comments came in response to an interview given by Ratan Tata to a newspaper where he said a series of issues, which included “conflicts of interest, poor governance and a tendency to concentrate control”, led to the ouster of Mistry from his post.

“The facts on record clearly show that apart from the governance challenges that were posed by interference with business decisions, Tata’s perceived fear of his legacy being unravelled and Mistry’s actions to correct the failure of ethics and mismanagement at the Tata Group were at the core of the illegal coup,” said a statement from Mistry's office.