Ratan Tata is aggrieved that Niira Radia's telephonic conversation with him was tapped and is now public knowledge. Niira Radia of Vaishnavi Communications, a PR agency had her telephone bugged by IT authorities. The tapped conversations with numerous industrialists, media people, bureaucrats,politcians and others serendipitously exposed the sinister ways in which influence peddling vitiates governance.
Obviously Tata's sangfroid is under test. He seems to have cracked under pressure. Though his foibles pale into insignificance when compared to those of others, it is undeniable that he has not resisted the temptation to game the system and to have more accommodative or less malicious politicians in seats of power.
The respected doyen made two mistakes. One he needlessly gave a clean chit to the lobbyist under investigation. The other error is that he demands that the recorded conversations should not be aired. The damage has been done and it is now too late to undo the past indiscretion. Pleading for secrecy is totally unlike Tata and it does irreparable damage to his well-earned reputation.
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