{"id":8840,"date":"2024-03-24T19:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/when-you-need-a-giant-size-washing-machine-jairam-ramesh-on-naveen-jindal-joining-bjp-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:59:47","slug":"when-you-need-a-giant-size-washing-machine-jairam-ramesh-on-naveen-jindal-joining-bjp-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/when-you-need-a-giant-size-washing-machine-jairam-ramesh-on-naveen-jindal-joining-bjp-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;When you need a giant-size washing machine&#8217;: Jairam Ramesh on Naveen Jindal joining BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108754767,imgsize-33398.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;When you need a giant-size washing machine&#8217;: Jairam Ramesh on Naveen Jindal joining BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;When you need a giant-size washing machine&#8217;: Jairam Ramesh on Naveen Jindal joining BJP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Congress<!-- --> General Secretary <!-- -->Jairam Ramesh<!-- --> took a dig at industrialist <!-- -->Naveen Jindal<!-- -->, saying that the latter needed a &#8220;giant-size washing machine,&#8221; after the former two-term <!-- -->Kurukshetra<!-- --> MP joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bharatiya-janata-party\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a>) after resigning from the Congress.<br \/>&#8220;When you need a giant-size washing machine, this had to happen. And after making ZERO contributions to the party in the last ten years, saying I am resigning from it is a big joke,&#8221; Jairam Ramesh said in a post on &#8216;X&#8217;.<br \/>Jindal was being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block.The <!-- -->Enforcement Directorate<!-- --> was investigating the money laundering charges in relation to the allocation of the coal block.<br \/>The opposition parties have often accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of inducting tainted leaders from their camp, following which the alleged corruption charges against them are never talked about.<br \/>The BJP which released its 5th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielded Jindal from Haryana&#8217;s Kurukshetra constituency, a parliamentary seat already represented by the leader from 2004-2014.<br \/>Jindal announced his <!-- -->resignation<!-- --> from the Congress party over a post on &#8216;X&#8217; Sunday evening. He expressed his gratitude to the party and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br \/>&#8220;I represented Congress Party in Parliament as MP from Kurukshetra for 10 years. I thank the Congress leadership and the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Today I am resigning from the primary membership of the Congress Party,&#8221; Jindal said in a post on &#8216;X&#8217;.<br \/>Industrialist Naveen Jindal represented the Kurukshetra constituency in the Lok Sabha for two terms. 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