Chennai, New Delhi:
Denied bail by the High Court earlier this week, DMK MP and M Karunanidhi's daughter, Kanimozhi has now moved the Supreme Court for bail in the 2G spectrum case. She has been in Tihar Jail since May 20 and an unhappy DMK has called an important emergency meeting today.
DMK chief M Karunanidhi, with sons and political heirs MK Stalin and MK Alagiri have arrived for the meeting in Chennai. Denial of bail to Kanimozhi figures on the agenda as do alliance issues with the UPA at the Centre. Sources say the DMK, which is part of the UPA government, is likely to pull its six ministers out and that it might choose to provide issue-based support hereon. The six ministers in the government are Dayanidhi Maran, MK Alagiri, S S Palanimanickam, Gandhiselvan, D Napolean and S Jagatrakshakan. The party has 18 Lok Sabha MPs.
This is also the DMK's first high-level action committee meeting after it was washed out in the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu last month. The party has issued a press release saying all members have been asked to "participate without fail" and the poll debacle is expected to be discussed.
Party chief Karunanidhi has made public statements about his unhappiness at his daughter's incarceration and has made no bones about the fact that he feels let down by partner Congress. He also openly attributed his daughter's arrest to the "orders or complacency of the Centre" earlier this week.
Late last month, the 88-year-old ailing former Chief Minister visited his daughter in Tihar Jail and in an emotional moment, both father and daughter wept. For the first time in seven years of the DMK's partnership with the Congress, Karunanidhi had left Delhi then without meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and later said that it would have been inappropriate to do so when his daughter was in jail.
The CBI has charged Kanimozhi with accepting Rs. 214 crore as bribe through the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV along with former telecom minister A Raja, who was arrested in February and is also in Tihar Jail. The Managing Director of Kalaignar TV Sharad Kumar is also in jail in the 2G case and has moved the Supreme Court for bail too. Both Sharad Kumar and Kanimozhi own stake in the TV channel.
The Delhi High Court had denied Kanimozhi bail on Wednesday saying there was enough prima facie evidence to suggest her involvement in the 2G scam. "We have filed a Special Leave Petition on behalf of both Kanimozhi and Kumar challenging the High Court order," senior advocate V G Pargasm said.
DMK chief M Karunanidhi, with sons and political heirs MK Stalin and MK Alagiri have arrived for the meeting in Chennai. Denial of bail to Kanimozhi figures on the agenda as do alliance issues with the UPA at the Centre. Sources say the DMK, which is part of the UPA government, is likely to pull its six ministers out and that it might choose to provide issue-based support hereon. The six ministers in the government are Dayanidhi Maran, MK Alagiri, S S Palanimanickam, Gandhiselvan, D Napolean and S Jagatrakshakan. The party has 18 Lok Sabha MPs.
This is also the DMK's first high-level action committee meeting after it was washed out in the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu last month. The party has issued a press release saying all members have been asked to "participate without fail" and the poll debacle is expected to be discussed.
Party chief Karunanidhi has made public statements about his unhappiness at his daughter's incarceration and has made no bones about the fact that he feels let down by partner Congress. He also openly attributed his daughter's arrest to the "orders or complacency of the Centre" earlier this week.
Late last month, the 88-year-old ailing former Chief Minister visited his daughter in Tihar Jail and in an emotional moment, both father and daughter wept. For the first time in seven years of the DMK's partnership with the Congress, Karunanidhi had left Delhi then without meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and later said that it would have been inappropriate to do so when his daughter was in jail.
The CBI has charged Kanimozhi with accepting Rs. 214 crore as bribe through the Chennai-based Kalaignar TV along with former telecom minister A Raja, who was arrested in February and is also in Tihar Jail. The Managing Director of Kalaignar TV Sharad Kumar is also in jail in the 2G case and has moved the Supreme Court for bail too. Both Sharad Kumar and Kanimozhi own stake in the TV channel.
The Delhi High Court had denied Kanimozhi bail on Wednesday saying there was enough prima facie evidence to suggest her involvement in the 2G scam. "We have filed a Special Leave Petition on behalf of both Kanimozhi and Kumar challenging the High Court order," senior advocate V G Pargasm said.
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