Jayanthi Natarajan Letter

Former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has said the Congress Party, from which she resigned this morning, needs a "lot of discussion" on party functioning. She also said she had left the Congress because she felt "suffocated". Her comments came in an exclusive interview to NDTV.

He is steering us to Congress-mukt bharat, writes Nalin S Kohli

Her letter exposes Congress' growing problems, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.

Former union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has scripted a major political storm with a letter that she wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi making a strong attack on party number 2 Rahul Gandhi. Ms Natarajan resigned from the Congress today.

Jayanthi Natarajan, former Environment Minister, has quit the Congress with a scathing attack on vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that "specific requests" by him were the basis of whether industrial projects were given clearances by her ministry, and that he shifted from a pro-environmental position to corporate-friendly stand for the election...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has called for a review of all projects cleared or rejected by the environment ministry of the previous UPA government, after former minister Jayanthi Natarajan's explosive letter accusing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of interference was made public today.

For hours after the news break - first by The Hindu - that Jayanthi Natarajan has quit the Congress with a damning letter against Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, the party's spokespersons were unavailable for comment. Then Sanjay Nirupam offered an impassioned defence of Mr Gandhi and his mother, Sonia, who is party chief.

Jayanthi Natarajan, who has quit the Congress after shooting off an explosive letter attacking Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that she was forced by the party to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi on snoop-gate, though she considered it "wrong."

Jayanthi Natarajan, who was unceremoniously shunted out of the cabinet by the previous UPA government for "nonperformance", has quit the Congress today. Sources said Ms Natarajan has decided to quit the Congress after waiting for a year to get an audience with party president Sonia Gandhi.

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a national investment board or NIB, a three-minister panel that can fast-track mega infrastucture projects if ministries fail to give clearances in stipulated time.

The environment minister has written to chief minister Mayawati, asking her about her government's plans to tackle water pollution in the state. The letter blasts the Uttar Pradesh government for being indifferent to controlling water pollution in Ganga. The letter alleges that the state pollution control board has failed to control water pollution...

Former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has said the Congress Party, from which she resigned this morning, needs a "lot of discussion" on party functioning. She also said she had left the Congress because she felt "suffocated". Her comments came in an exclusive interview to NDTV.

He is steering us to Congress-mukt bharat, writes Nalin S Kohli

Her letter exposes Congress' growing problems, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.

Former union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has scripted a major political storm with a letter that she wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi making a strong attack on party number 2 Rahul Gandhi. Ms Natarajan resigned from the Congress today.

Jayanthi Natarajan, former Environment Minister, has quit the Congress with a scathing attack on vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that "specific requests" by him were the basis of whether industrial projects were given clearances by her ministry, and that he shifted from a pro-environmental position to corporate-friendly stand for the election...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has called for a review of all projects cleared or rejected by the environment ministry of the previous UPA government, after former minister Jayanthi Natarajan's explosive letter accusing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi of interference was made public today.

For hours after the news break - first by The Hindu - that Jayanthi Natarajan has quit the Congress with a damning letter against Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, the party's spokespersons were unavailable for comment. Then Sanjay Nirupam offered an impassioned defence of Mr Gandhi and his mother, Sonia, who is party chief.

Jayanthi Natarajan, who has quit the Congress after shooting off an explosive letter attacking Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that she was forced by the party to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi on snoop-gate, though she considered it "wrong."

Jayanthi Natarajan, who was unceremoniously shunted out of the cabinet by the previous UPA government for "nonperformance", has quit the Congress today. Sources said Ms Natarajan has decided to quit the Congress after waiting for a year to get an audience with party president Sonia Gandhi.

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has written to the Prime Minister, strongly objecting to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's next reform-oriented move - setting up a national investment board or NIB, a three-minister panel that can fast-track mega infrastucture projects if ministries fail to give clearances in stipulated time.

The environment minister has written to chief minister Mayawati, asking her about her government's plans to tackle water pollution in the state. The letter blasts the Uttar Pradesh government for being indifferent to controlling water pollution in Ganga. The letter alleges that the state pollution control board has failed to control water pollution...