Bangalore/New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi did not interfere with the working of ministers, Congress leaders said Friday after former minister Jayanthi Natarajan quit the party.
Natarajan said there was interference in her work when she was the environment minister, followed by a campaign of vilification against her.
Congress leader and former union minister Veerappa Moily said Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi never interfered.
"I have handled several ministries. I have not come across any instance where the Congress president or vice-president interfered with administration. I don't know what made her to make that statement against discipline of the party," Moily told reporters in Bangalore.
"If a (former) minister says I did something because of interference, she is unfit of being a minister. I was also the chairman of media committee of Congress, even then there was no interference," he said.
He said the move may be motivated.
"Why did she send a letter and make it public? That means she is motivated," he said.
Party leader Digvijaya Singh said in Delhi: "I really don't know what was the issue. First of all it is totally wrong that either Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi ever interfered in the functioning of UPA government. Ministers were free to take decisions."
Natarajan quit the Congress after writing a letter to Sonia Gandhi, saying that as the union environment minister she followed the party line with regard to protection of environment and also to "requests" from Rahul Gandhi's office.
Agra Division of North Central Railway has informed that the braking system of the Automatic Trai
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the new owner of the social networking site Twitter. After the acq
Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said that i
After the lockdown: Schools will start in Jharkhand from June 1, not all children will come together
Ranchi: The state government schools that will be opened after the lockdown have changed. At the
The border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra has started taking a fierce form. Karnataka
Virat Kohli's bat has been quiet for a long time. For almost two years, no hundred came off his b
The name of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi is constantly in the headlines. He has been in the n
15 years on, Chattisinghpoora and Pathribal families await justice
Srinagar, March 20 (IANS) Two elderly women, Jeet Kaur an
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held a high-level meeting with the NSA, the Army Chief, and the CD
Transformers Rise Of The Beasts Review: The flight of imagination in Hollywood cinema has attaine
