Former Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan resigned from the Congress party on Friday. The veteran Congress leader was unhappy at how the party completely sidelined her and without giving her a reason she was asked to step down as minister a day ahead of Rahul Gandhi's address to FICCI where he assured industrial leaders that the government would ensure a investor-friendly environment. Jayanthi alleged that she had become a victim of a "vicious, false and motivated" campaign by Rahul Gandhi's office.

Jayanthi said that she was a fourth generation Congress worker with Congress blood running in her veins. She said her family had been associated with the Congress for generations and so this day was 'extremely painful and heartrending'.
 
Jayanthi, who has been a long time Congress loyalist said she was ready to face a probe into environmental clearance accorded by her during her stint as minister in the UPA government and said she is willing to be hanged or go to jail if proven guilty. She revealed she has no plans to join any other political party after
"such bitter experiences".

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