A crusader for the environment, Jairam Ramesh was an IIT graduate, while Natarajan, a lawyer by profession, is known as the spoksperson of Congress.
While Ramesh's forthright steps created ripples, and also some controversies, Natarajan is known for her consultative way of working, and going by the party's stand. With a clean image and being well versed with the nitty-gritty and dynamics of politics, she is being seen as one who would carry on the legacy of Ramesh well.
Environmentalists feel Natarajan may fit in well in Ramesh's shoes, even as opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called it a victory of the corporates.
In over two years as environment minister, the suave 57-year-old technocrat-turned-politician Ramesh transformed a low-key ministry into headline-hunter, saying no to big industrialists and multi-million dollar projects on account of their perceived impact on the environment. Read the full report here.
Source: TwoCircles.net, New Delhi.
