Jayanthi Natarajan resigns from Cabinet Saturday Dec 21,2013

Jayanthi Natarajan resigned on Saturday Dec 21,2013 as Minister of State for Environment and Forests in what is being called as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's larger plan to revamp the Congress ahead of national elections, due by May next year.

President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted Ms Natarajan's resignation. 

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Jayanthi Natarajan,the 59-year-old leader, a senior member of Rajya Sabha for the third term, hails from Tamil Nadu and was brought in the environment ministry two years ago.