New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged a collapse of governance in the Union environment ministry after four close aides of Minister Bhupendra Yadav were "sacked" in two days.
Congress leader and former environment minister Jairam Ramesh alleged that the ministry has done little to protect the environment and forests in the country and that the "Paryavaran Mantralay has become a Pravachan Mantralay".
"During the Modi regime, all key appointments in the personal staff of Ministers are vetted by the PMO.
"Now 4 close aides of the Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change have been sacked in two batches in two successive days. One of the aides is widely considered the closest of close confidants of the Minister concerned," Ramesh said in a post on X.
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"Clearly there has been a collapse of governance in this important Ministry which has, in recent years, done little to protect the environment and forests and to deal with the implications of climate change," he alleged.
