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Forest fund Bill failed as it didn't respect tribals: Jairam
Claims Bill did not respect rights of people under the Forest Rights Act and gave unbridled control over thousands of crores to forest bureaucracy
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Ramesh, Jaitley engage in friendly banter
If there has been a trenchant critic of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Congress camp in the Rajya Sabha it is former Union minister and senior leader Jairam Ramesh. Ramesh, one of the 53 members who retired from the Rajya Sabha, in a brief farewell speech took a jibe at Jaitley, saying he was one of the top "spinners" in the government. "The Leader of the House is a master spinner of facts," he said, comparing Jaitley to cricket spinners. Ramesh's advice to Jaitley: "Stop spinning and start governing." When Ramesh alluded to something he thought former cricketer Vijay Merchant had said - "It is better to go when people ask why he is going rather than why he isn't going" - Jaitley, in his address, said he was "correcting his friend for the last time". Those words were spoken by Sunil Gavaskar, not Merchant, said Jaitley.
Chances of a smooth run of Parliament are remote: Jairam Ramesh
Interview with Congress member in the Rajya Sabha
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It's time we listened to Jairam Ramesh
If steps to prevent environmental damages are not taken in time, it will be too late, and when Japan-like calamities knock on our doors