Subscribe Now To Our Network Channels The NewsHour Debate : http://goo.gl/LfNgFF ET Now : http://goo.gl/5XreUq Times Now : http://goo.gl/U9ibPb Social Media Links :- Twitter - http://goo.gl/FzJIpz Facebook - http://goo.gl/CC7rGc G+ - http://goo.gl/O1iEp5 Also visit our website - http://goo.gl/XPUXe8 In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Sanjay Jha, National Spokesperson, Congress; Adv Aman Sinha, Leader BJP & Senior Advocate, SC; Rahul Narwekar, Spokesperson & MLC, NCP; R Rajagopalan, Senior Journalist; Arati Jerath, Senior Journalist; and Shahid Siddiqui, Chief Editor, Nai Duniya -- discuss the issue of senior leader Jayanthi Natarajan today (Jan 30, 2015) quitting the Congress and mounting a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi accusing him of interferencein the Environment ministry during her stint. In a setback to Congress, senior leader Jayanthi Natarajan today quit the party and mounted a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi accusing him of interference in Environment ministry during her stint even as Government indicated a review of green clearances of the UPA regime. A longtime Congress loyalist, Natarajan claimed she followed Rahul's directions on the issue of green nod to certain big ticket projects but was "vilified, humiliated and sidelined" by central leadership. She also said she has no plans to join any other political party after "such bitter experiences" and refuted reports she had met some BJP leaders. "In an environment of suffocation in the party, I resign from the primary membership of the party and as a trustee of Congress in Tamil Nadu," she said at a hurriedly called press conference in Chennai. Natarajan said she was ready to face a probe over green clearances granted by her. In this context, Natarajan downplayed the "Jayanthi Tax" barb from Narendra Modi during a poll campaign by the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, saying that when her own party treated her so badly, how can she blame someone who was in Opposition. The NDA government indicated it will take a fresh look at environmental clearances for projects granted or rejected by the previous UPA government. In a counter-attack on Natarajan, Congress raised questions on the timing of her resignation and said serious allegations of corruption were behind her removal from the then UPA government. She was also dubbed as "opportunistic". Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters in Delhi that Natarajan was acting at the behest of her new "political masters" who may have got evidence against her.

• published: 02 Feb 2015
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