India, Oct. 29 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sparred on X on Wednesday, with the former claiming the Tata group was being "criminally destroyed" and the latter saying Gandhi should "stop politicising every issue."

The exchange came amid a dispute over the leadership of Tata Sons, the salt-to-software conglomerate's holding company, and whether it should be listed on the stock exchanges. Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata has challenged the validity of a 17 September board resolution reappointing N. Chandrasekaran as chairman of Tata Sons. Tata Trusts, which owns 65.9% of Tata Sons, has also opposed a public listing of the holding company.

"Tata is being criminally destroyed, and no business leader d...