Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday called for safeguarding the institutional heritage and philanthropic governance model of the Tata Group, expressing concerns over recent board-level decisions at Tata Sons and emphasising that the affirmative voting rights of Tata Trusts must be respected.

Taking to social media platform X alongside an image shared in Marathi titled "Preserving the Tata Group's Legacy is the Need of the Hour," Pawar stated that Jamshedji Tata and the Tata family steered Indian industry with a deep commitment to societal welfare, making the preservation of Tata Trusts' statutory role essential.

"Jamshedji Tata and the Tata family gave industry a value-based direction of soc...