Tata companies face a tough call on Chandra vote at AGM

Tata operating companies, which will have to vote at the upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) of Tata Sons, are wary of being forced to take sides in the increasingly public differences between Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and the holding company’s board, over N Chandrasekaran’s reappointment as a Tata Sons director.

The likes of Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Indian Hotels Company, Tata Consumer Products, Tata Power and Tata Chemicals face a difficult choice — vote and risk being seen as backing one side, or abstain from a dispute that could otherwise have wider implications for the group.