NEW DELHI: Tata Trusts' R Venkataramanan on Wednesday mentioned he has been wrongly named as an accused within the CBI case in opposition to AirAsia India as he had "little or no role to play" as a non-executive director at the airline, even as he blamed "revenge legal action" by former Tata Group chief Cyrus Mistry for the accusations.
The price range provider is majority-owned by Tatas and Venkataramanan has round 1.five according to cent shareholding within the three way partnership with AirAsia Berhad.
"In my capacity as non-executive director of Air Asia India Limited, I have been wrongly named as an accused by the CBI on operational matters where I had little or no role to play," he mentioned in a observation.
The CBI has registered a case in opposition to AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, Venkataramanan and other officials for allegedly trying to manipulate executive policies thru corrupt approach to get international licence.
"It is commonly known that the present accusations qua Air Asia India find their root in baseless allegations made by Cyrus P Mistry and the Shapoor Pallonji Group against Tata Trusts Trustees (me included) and Tata Sons in his 'revenge' legal actions," the observation mentioned.
Venkataramanan is also the managing trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and is chargeable for management and oversight of the entire Tata Trusts, as according to Tata Trusts website online.
Emphasising that all allegations of wrongdoing or illegality in opposition to him are baseless, Venkataramanan mentioned these motivated allegations are a part of the smear marketing campaign run to discredit him and the work being accomplished by the Tata Trusts, which contribute Rs 1,200 crore each 12 months to philanthropic actions.
"Despite, Cyrus Mistry and his company's efforts to discredit the Trusts, we resolve to enhance the quality of life of our people," he famous.
After a sour fallout with Tata Sons and Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry was once ousted as the gang chairman in past due 2016. After his ouster, Mistry had flagged various governanace issues at the team, together with alleged wrongdoings at AirAsia India.
Since then, Mistry and Tatas are locked in a acrimonious felony struggle over various issues.
The CBI has alleged that Venkataramanan was once lobbying within the executive to secure necessary approvals, some of them thru "non-transparent means", together with the then Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance, no-objection certificate and the strive for removing or modification of five/20 rule.
The norm -- which required native airways to be in operation for a minimum of five years and a minimum fleet of 20 planes with the intention to start overseas operations -- was once accomplished away with in 2016. Now, best the fleet requirement of 20 plane is in drive, making it easier for new players equivalent to AirAsia India and Vistara to begin international flights.
Referring to the emails purportedly written by him within the context of the issue of five/20 norm within the aviation sector, Venkataramanan mentioned this has been a much debated coverage subject and that "Air Asia India was one of the many airlines that had formally sought a review of this policy".
The price range provider is majority-owned by Tatas and Venkataramanan has round 1.five according to cent shareholding within the three way partnership with AirAsia Berhad.
"In my capacity as non-executive director of Air Asia India Limited, I have been wrongly named as an accused by the CBI on operational matters where I had little or no role to play," he mentioned in a observation.
The CBI has registered a case in opposition to AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, Venkataramanan and other officials for allegedly trying to manipulate executive policies thru corrupt approach to get international licence.
"It is commonly known that the present accusations qua Air Asia India find their root in baseless allegations made by Cyrus P Mistry and the Shapoor Pallonji Group against Tata Trusts Trustees (me included) and Tata Sons in his 'revenge' legal actions," the observation mentioned.
Venkataramanan is also the managing trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and is chargeable for management and oversight of the entire Tata Trusts, as according to Tata Trusts website online.
Emphasising that all allegations of wrongdoing or illegality in opposition to him are baseless, Venkataramanan mentioned these motivated allegations are a part of the smear marketing campaign run to discredit him and the work being accomplished by the Tata Trusts, which contribute Rs 1,200 crore each 12 months to philanthropic actions.
"Despite, Cyrus Mistry and his company's efforts to discredit the Trusts, we resolve to enhance the quality of life of our people," he famous.
After a sour fallout with Tata Sons and Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry was once ousted as the gang chairman in past due 2016. After his ouster, Mistry had flagged various governanace issues at the team, together with alleged wrongdoings at AirAsia India.
Since then, Mistry and Tatas are locked in a acrimonious felony struggle over various issues.
The CBI has alleged that Venkataramanan was once lobbying within the executive to secure necessary approvals, some of them thru "non-transparent means", together with the then Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance, no-objection certificate and the strive for removing or modification of five/20 rule.
The norm -- which required native airways to be in operation for a minimum of five years and a minimum fleet of 20 planes with the intention to start overseas operations -- was once accomplished away with in 2016. Now, best the fleet requirement of 20 plane is in drive, making it easier for new players equivalent to AirAsia India and Vistara to begin international flights.
Referring to the emails purportedly written by him within the context of the issue of five/20 norm within the aviation sector, Venkataramanan mentioned this has been a much debated coverage subject and that "Air Asia India was one of the many airlines that had formally sought a review of this policy".
AirAsia case: Tata Trusts' Venkataramanan says allegations baseless, blames Cyrus Mistry
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