This Article is From May 19, 2009

Karuna meets Sonia over govt formation

Karuna meets Sonia over govt formation
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to discuss the formation of the next government.

Sources have told NDTV that the DMK wants seven Cabinet posts and are also demanding that Azhagiri and Kanimozhi get Cabinet posts.

Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel also attended the meeting.

Trinamool Congress Chief Mamta Banerjee is also expected to meet the Congress president on Wednesday morning.

Earlier, Karunanidhi arrived in the Capital to meet AICC president and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with his son Azhagiri and grand nephew Dayanidhi Maran.

The DMK won 18 seats in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in the state which include that of Karunanidhi's son Azhagiri, who won from Madurai, and Maran who emerged victorious from the Central Chennai.

DMK's alliance partner Congress won eight Lok Sabha seats in the state including that of P Chidambaram, who won in Sivaganga. Congress also won the Puducherry seat.

Another alliance partner Vidudhalai Thiruthaidal (VCK) managed to win the lone seat of Chidambaram.

(With PTI inputs)
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