Jayanthi Natarajan readies to step into big shoes

July 12, 2011 12:49

The lady in the limelight, post reshuffle, is of course, Jayanthi Natarajan.

She makes a comeback to the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of nearly 13 years, taking charge of the environment portfolio, earlier held by Jairam Ramesh.

Ramesh has been elevated with a Cabinet rank and gets the Rural Development portfolio.

Jayanthi (57) is the only woman face from Tamil Nadu in the Congress and a known loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi family, but ahead of her is an arduous task -- stepping into the large shoes of high profile and activist minister Jairam Ramesh who has given teeth to the environment ministry which he held as independent charge.

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