The DMK on Friday decided to stay put in the UPA, chickening out after its leaders made some noises blaming the Congress for the spectrum woes and dropping hints that parting of ways was a distinct possibility.
As a face-saving exercise, the DMK blamed the CBI for the legal woes of Ms Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV.

Ever since DMK president M. Karunanidhi called an emergency meeting of the party’s high level committee on Friday without even mentioning the agenda, speculation is rife that the octogenarian, who is seething with anger at the Congress, would pull out his ministers from the UPA government.

In a veiled attack on the Congress, DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, in his birthday message to the party cadre, said, “Bad company will lead to disaster (Koodaa natpu kedaai mudiyum)”.

Pleading that he was in no mood to celebrate his 88th birthday, on Friday, DMK president M. Karunanidhi asked his followers not to visit him either at home or party office. His misery got compounded with news from Delhi that the bail petition of his daughter and party MP, Kanimozhi, has not been listed for court order on Friday, which could

The DMK relations with the Congress hit the bottom with party president M. Karunanidhi attributing, albeit indirectly, his poll debacle to the ally’s coercive methods in squeezing out too many seats i

The DMK’s relations with the Congress hit the bottom with party president M. Karunanidhi attributing, albeit indirectly, his poll debacle to the ally’s coercive methods in squeezing out too many seats in the recent Assembly elections.

After suddenly becoming an unwanted guest of the Congress at the Centre, following its drubbing in the Assembly elections, the DMK is buying time to overcome the debacle and decide its course of action at New Delhi.

After suddenly becoming an unwanted guest of the Congress at the Centre following its drubbing in the Assembly elections, the DMK is buying time to overcome the debacle and decide its course of action

The Tamil Nadu Assembly election, which saw less rhetoric and more cash-flow, carries the highest stakes in the recent political history of Tamil Nadu. If winning a record sixth term is important to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi to ensure a smooth transition of leadership to his long-waiting prince, Mr M.K. Stalin, the stakes have risen sharply after the 2G scam threatened to swallow his daughter, party MP Kanimozhi. He can ill afford losing this vote-count.

With the CBI special court reserving its verdict till May 14 on chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi’s petition objecting to her remand in jail, the DMK camp on Saturday heaved a sigh of relief albeit wondering whether it would be a permanent or temporary one.