The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M. Karunanidhi unnerved by the events of the last few weeks is now toying with the idea of removing A.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president D. Srinivas on Saturday said that any complaint over portfolio allocation in his home state of Andhra would be looked into by chief minister N.

The Congress might have got rid of the DMK’s A. Raja as telecom minister after he became a huge liability for it in the light of revelations that he allegedly caused looses of `1.76 lakh crores in the 2G spectrum allocation. However, it has now emerged that before Mr Raja’s ouster, his jittery party secured an assurance from the Congress that it would not be booted out from the UPA in the aftermath of his exit.

In the face of mounting criticism from across the political spectrum, “spectrum king” and Union telecom minister A. Raja has virtually ruled out stepping down from office amidst increasing demands for his removal.

The government on Thursday rejected outright the Opposition’s demand for a JPC inquiry into the 2G spectrum scam while the Congress leadership is understood to have asked its DMK coalition ally to replace controversial minister A. Raja with Ms Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha MP and daughter of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, in the Union Cabinet.

Having been together for nearly seven years now, the Congress-DMK relationship seems to have run into rough weather. According to Congress sources, Mr A. Raja has become a liability and that all options are on the table and a final decision would be taken in consultation with the DMK once Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from Seoul. The DMK, according to sources, feels that the Congress not being in a position to impose its will on it — due to coalition compulsions — has started hitting below the belt by deliberately and secretively releasing the CAG report to the media.

Ever since 1967, the Congress Party has never been in such demand in the state of Tamil Nadu, but in the forthcoming Assembly poll, the grand old party holds the key to victory and is, therefore, bein

Even before the announcement of the poll schedule, the Tamil Nadu political scenario has entered into a feverish pitch, with many theories about the alliance doing the rounds, the declaration of Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad that the Congress-DMK alliance will continue notwithstanding.

The adage that there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in politics is true to the Indian scenario than to any other country.

In a move that could set to rest all speculations about the alliance in Tamil Nadu, the All-India Congress Committee on Monday announced that the DMK-Congress combine would fight the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state together. It also sounded a warning to those who are speaking out of turn on the party’s alliance with the