Digvijaya Singh, AICC general secretary and in-charge of Karnataka, on Friday rubbished former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan’s allegations about Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s interference in the ministry’s work and said “allegations are uncalled for”.
“First of all it’s absolutely wrong that either Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi ever interfered in the functioning of the UPA Government. The Ministers were free to take decisions,” Mr. Singh, who arrived here to hold a meeting with the State Congress leaders, told presspersons.
“Allegations made by (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi something called Jayanthi Tax or Natarajan Tax. Now, she has to reply and make it clear whether Mr Modi’s allegations are correct or not,” Mr. Singh said.
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Mr. Modi had made a veiled reference to the removal of Ms. Natarajan from the Environment Ministry, saying he had heard of “Jayanthi tax”, apparently referring to allegations during her tenure.
Mr. Singh said “one thing I know that Mr. Rahul Gandhi will be the last person to interfere in the functioning of any Ministry… therefore, I think this kind of allegations by someone who got everything in life now from the Congress is uncalled for”.