Jayanthi Natarajan to quit congress

New Delhi: In a big blow to the Congress, former union minister and senior leader Jayanthi Natarajan has decided to quit the party.Packing power to her punch, long-time Gandhi-Nehru loyalist has questioned Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's leadership in a letter shot off to  Sonia Gandhi.Jayanthi Natarajan said she received "specific requests" from Rahul Gandhi on environmental clearances. She alleged Rahul had a role in spreading stories about her removal from the cabinet.
"Over the last 11 months, I have suffered the most excruciating mental agony and have been continuously attacked, wrongly vilified and defamed in the media. I have been exposed to every possible humiliation in public life. From December 20, 2013, until now, I have still not been told by you, why I was asked to resign from the Council of Ministers, nor have I ever been asked or given an opportunity to explain, if indeed I had committed any wrongdoing. I received information that persons from the office of Shri Rahul Gandhi were calling the media and planting stories that my resignation was NOT for party work," she said in the letter to media.