Ms. Natarajan claimed in the letter that she was being unfairly accused of delaying large infrastructure projects in 2013 while she was only carrying out instructions sent to her by Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice-President. The letter was accessed by The Hindu newspaper and created a furore within the Congress party as well as gave the ruling BJP party additional ammunition with which to fling at the previous Government for the economic slowdown in general and stuck projects in specific.