New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav of ignoring serious environmental and tribal concerns over the Great Nicobar Mega Infrastructure Project, and said that raising these issues is not "negative politics" but an expression of grave concern.

Ramesh said that it violates the National Forest Policy by diverting lakhs of trees and calling the proposed compensatory afforestation in Haryana a poor and inadequate substitute for the island's unique old-growth forests.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh wrote, "The Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav has accused the Indian National Congress of doing what he calls "negative poli...