Jayanthi Natarajan Quits Congress

Former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has been charged with corruption in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation which raided her home in Chennai on Saturday. She has been accused of abusing her powers to divert forest land for a mining project in 2012 when she was the environment minister in the previous Congress-led coalitio...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit his party with a scathing indictment of his leadership, was deployed for attack by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.

The Congress today was relentless in its efforts to discredit former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit the party with a strong attack on Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

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, the former Union minister who quit the Congress today, reportedly met with BJP president Amit Shah recently during the Winter Session of Parliament, according to sources.

Jayanthi Natarajan, former Environment Minister, has quit the Congress with a scathing attack on vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that after instructing her to protect the environment, he publicly criticised her decisions before the election last year in an attempt to woo industry.

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.

Former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has been charged with corruption in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation which raided her home in Chennai on Saturday. She has been accused of abusing her powers to divert forest land for a mining project in 2012 when she was the environment minister in the previous Congress-led coalitio...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit his party with a scathing indictment of his leadership, was deployed for attack by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.

The Congress today was relentless in its efforts to discredit former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who quit the party with a strong attack on Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

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, the former Union minister who quit the Congress today, reportedly met with BJP president Amit Shah recently during the Winter Session of Parliament, according to sources.

Jayanthi Natarajan, former Environment Minister, has quit the Congress with a scathing attack on vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that after instructing her to protect the environment, he publicly criticised her decisions before the election last year in an attempt to woo industry.

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.