New Delhi: Narendra Modi's jibe of a 'Jayanthi tax' to get green clearances for projects has rattled former union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan.
"It is a personal charge against me, it is absolutely false and baseless," Ms Natarajan told NDTV. "It is an attempt to intimidate me because I speak out against (Mr Modi). I will not be intimidated."
She also threatened to take legal action 'as I am advised to take.'
"There was a storm over the environment ministry and all files were blocked. No file was moving without money. We had heard of income, sales and excise taxes but for the first time, we heard about a 'Jayanthi tax' in Delhi. Till the time that was not paid, files could not be moved in the environment ministry," said the Gujarat Chief Minister at a rally in Goa, making a reference to stalled mining projects in the state. (Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech in Goa)
The Congress today said Mr Modi's barb was in bad taste. "Modi's comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very bad taste. (It) should be condemned. He only knows to abuse but
doesn't give his vision," the party's General Secretary Digvijaya Singh tweeted.
"It is a personal charge against me, it is absolutely false and baseless," Ms Natarajan told NDTV. "It is an attempt to intimidate me because I speak out against (Mr Modi). I will not be intimidated."
She also threatened to take legal action 'as I am advised to take.'
"There was a storm over the environment ministry and all files were blocked. No file was moving without money. We had heard of income, sales and excise taxes but for the first time, we heard about a 'Jayanthi tax' in Delhi. Till the time that was not paid, files could not be moved in the environment ministry," said the Gujarat Chief Minister at a rally in Goa, making a reference to stalled mining projects in the state. (Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech in Goa)
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The Congress today said Mr Modi's barb was in bad taste. "Modi's comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very bad taste. (It) should be condemned. He only knows to abuse but
doesn't give his vision," the party's General Secretary Digvijaya Singh tweeted.
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