The minister for environment and forests, Ms.Jayanthi Natarajan has resigned, ostensibly to devote more time for Congress party work. In a way she has been 'Kamarajised'.
Around the same time time that she resigned, Rahul Gandhi was addressing the FICCI.
Around the same time time that she resigned, Rahul Gandhi was addressing the FICCI.
“The biggest problem is absolute arbitrary powers at all levels of the system. This is what we face.. In India, there are lot of arbitrary powers. The Environment Minister or the Chief Minister can take any decision he wants,” he (Rahul Gandhi) said while responding to concerns of the industry that clearances were holding up projects.
“The real issue in all these things, whether land acquisition or environment it is arbitrary power,” Mr. Gandhi said, while advocating the need for eliminating the system of arbitrary powers.
Jayanthi Natarajan is one of the few ministers known to be non-corrupt. Yes, there have been delays in clearing various projects from environment angle. The delays were caused by the minister's steadfast adherence to guidelines and refusal to clear proposals on extraneous considerations. She was following the path shown by Jairam Ramesh who was the environment minister earlier.
Rahul Gandhi highlighted the evil posed by corruption (!) in his FICCI address. Needless to say, his insincerity was transparent. As if to drive home the message that Rahul Gandhi's address should not be taken seriously, the environment ministry will be in additional charge of Veerappa Moily whose closeness to certain industrialists is well-known.
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Non corrupt? A businessman from a well known business family based out of Delhi requested a meeting with the ex minister. The secretary called back informing that the date was available for the meeting but advised that he should not come empty handed..'please bring something like a diamond necklace'!
Thanks, Anonymous. I am unpleasantly surprised.
I am not doubting or accepting this information. But do you think that such giveaway request will be made on a tappable medium?
Was the minister sacked for having a secretary who was 'recklessly' dishonest?
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