Former min says she was targeted since she opposed destruction of environment in Gujarat.
Panaji: Accusing the Congress party of playing vote bank politics, BJP Prime MinisÂterial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over his proposal to state governments to review terror cases against members of the minority community.
“Just look at their brazenness, they are playing communal politics. The Home Minister has written a letter to state governments that if you arrest a law-breaker, see that Muslims are not arrested. Why is it so? Does a law-breaker have any religion,” he asked, while addressing a rally here.
He said when the Prime Minister is asked about such letters, “he expresses surprise over them and says he will look into the matter. This is how he reacts and responds.”
Modi made a veiled reference to the removal of Jayanti Natarjan from the environment ministry, saying for the first time he had heard of 'Jayanti tax', apparently referring to swirling allegations during her tenure.
“There was a storm over the environment ministry and all files were blocked. No file was moving without money. We had heard of income, sales and excise taxes, but for the first time, we heard about a Jayanti tax in Delhi without which nothing was moving. Till the time that was not paid, files could not be moved in the Environment Ministry. I have never experienced it myself as I never need it, but we are shocked with this. What kind of systems have they developed,” he asked.
Natarajan denied the allegations, saying Modi was trying to target her as she has been very vocal against him in the past and had blocked two of his projects. "It is a targeted personal attack. I totally deny what he says.
It is completely baseless. There are major green violations in Gujarat. He was destroying the environment. I was opposed to his destruction of environment," Natarajan said.
( Source : dc )
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