You don't need to be Richard Branson to work it out or have 'in' at Solihull. There has always been involvement from India, it was they who were behind the cease and desist letters and not Solihull. The V4 side has gone quiet, and the emphasis on 961 spares and new bikes seems to be the forerunner now it seems. The ANIL source newsletter gave a good outline from ZFD visit to Solihul, the 'pressure' has been promulgated in the Indian press, several announcements of release dates of models that have come and long gone. These releases have in the past been contrary to what was coming from Solihull. Sadly, there seems to more released in the Indian press and from TVS Motor website than there does the Solihull website, none of which has helped. When you are munching through 100 million like a tramp on chips, then there is always going pressure to produce something. If you read other Norton news from more of the more obscure places it is eye opening, you don't need to be a mathematician to add it up, or even find out that TVS are not into making money from bikes but TM licensing - it says so on their corporate website.
Personally, the V4 was a dead end, why they followed it only they know. The improved 961 model and spares situation should have been priority - the design was a seller, the Atlas and Ranger next - even TVS produce low capacity bikes for trail work, for them to help on the Atlas and Ranger would not have been too much of a step up for them.
Simple things were missed, India could have run with a model plan whilst they were looking for a new building, and then handed the model plan over, I doubt this was done, but it would have saved 18 months.