Indira Gandhi only PM to walk the talk on environment: Jairam as COP-26 starts

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 31

As the Conference of Parties 26 commenced in Glasgow on Sunday to debate the health of the planet, Congress veteran Jairam Ramesh remembered late prime minister Indira Gandhi for her commitment to the cause of the environment.

“World leaders will gather in Glasgow soon. But Indira Gandhi was the only PM, other than the host, to attend the 1st UN Conference on Environment, Stockholm, in 1972. She made a historic speech and created a huge impact. She walked the talk on the environment. We mark her death anniversary today,” Jairam tweeted.

The former environment minister in the Congress led UPA regime, Ramesh added that there is a book from 2005, “Supreme Court on Forest Conservation”, with incumbent environment minister Bhupender Yadav as a co author.

“One of the authors of the book is now a top environmental lawyer—Ritwick Dutta. The other author is now the Environment Minister of India. Whether he will have the courage of his convictions remains to be seen,” Jairam Ramesh said.