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By Archit Mehta
Tata Sons made the winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore for Air India, the airline founded by JRD Tata in 1932. Back then it was known as Tata Air Services. In 1953, the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons. However, Tata continued as the chairman till 1977. On October 11, 2021, Tata Group subsidiary Talace Pvt Ltd won the bid for Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express.
Before the winning bid made news, there was already speculation on social media that Air India is returning to the Tatas. Anand Ranganathan attributed a quote to JRD Tata in a tweet, according to which he said, “My own friend Nehru stabbed me in my back. I can only deplore that so vital a step was taken without giving us a proper hearing.” This gained close to 30,000 likes and 8,000 retweets. Readers should note that Ranganathan has been found posting misleading claims in the past.
( Link https://twitter.com/ARanganathan72/status/1443829292832493574?t=8tkks5zoikt2mVUpAKLi8w&s=19)
His tweet was included in various media reports including by The Economic Times, Aaj Tak, East Mojo and Business Today.
Fact-check
The quote attributed to JRD Tata by Ranganathan has no references in the public domain. Alt News found that it is made up of two sentences from two different sources. Only one of them can be traced back to JRD.
First statement lifted from a 2014 blog
A keyword search on Google reveals that this claim dates back to 2014. It was found on a blog called ‘SRajah Iyer’s Blog’. The blog has multiple claims and numerous typographical errors. However, we shall only focus on the verification of the alleged statement.
The blog states, “[sic] This Tata Airlines was Naionalised in 1953 by Jawaharlal Nehru. JRD unable to bear this, writes in his diary “my own close friend stabbed me on my back!” Adding insult to injury, Nehru sends word thro a Joker called Jagajivan Ram to convey this Nationalisation. History knows what wd have happened if Tata Airlines had continued…”
Read the full story here :- https://www.altnews.in/fact-check-did-jrd-tata-write-nehr