Jairam Ramesh Or Jayanthi Natarajan: All That Activists Want Is Action
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 7,
July 2011
Before the 57-year-old Ramesh took its command in May 2009, the environment ministry looked like a rubber stamp ministry needed just for clearing projects - but he glamourised it.
“The environment ministry was considered a powerless ministry but Jairam turned it into a powerful ministry. He brought some kind of cognizance value to it. But actually nothing concrete happened on the ground," environmentalist Vimlendu Jha told DNA.
Asked what he expects from Natarajan, Jha said: “She is a Congress spokesperson. She is very articulate but we have not really seen her. The fear is whether she would be another Jairam Ramesh (who was also very articulate). We want an action minister, not just someone who only talks well. We have to see if she does well too." Read the full report here.
Source: by Mayank Aggarwal, DNA, New Delhi.
