India, Oct. 28 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman traded barbs on social media on Wednesday over the ongoing leadership dispute at the Tata Group, with Gandhi alleging that the conglomerate was being "criminally destroyed" and Sitharaman accusing him of spreading distrust.

In a post on X, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said no business leader had the courage to speak out against what he described as the destruction of the Tata Group.

"Tata is being criminally destroyed, and no business leader dares say a word. How long will you stay silent? Until they own you?" Gandhi wrote.

He said Indian businesses were not the "plaything" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Sha...