New Delhi/Chennai:
The DMK today will keep a close eye on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha. This amid reports that the DMK's high level committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss India's stand on the US resolution against Sri Lanka at a United National Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi had asked the Centre to support the US resolution on war crimes charges against Sri Lanka.
Mr Karunanidhi had said party would review its ties with the UPA if the Centre opposed the US resolution.
Mr Karunanidhi has gone on record saying, "The DMK will deem it as a betrayal of Tamils if the Centre does not support the resolution on Sri Lanka."
DMK leader Kanimozhi, however, says that DMK's decision on the issue would be made only after Tuesday's high-level meeting.
The Ministry of External Affairs has said that Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna is "very concerned about human rights". The ministry says, "once draft of resolution is made india will study it, consult MP's and take a call. SM Krishna is giving great importance to views expressed by the MPs from Tamil Nadu."
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had also hinted that India would not support the US resolution. However, sources had earlier told NDTV that the government has assured the DMK that it will consider the sentiments while voting in UN.
After Trinamool Congress, the DMK is the largest ally of the Congress-led UPA with 18 members.
The DMK has not been the easiest partner for the Congress. Its relations with the DMK have not been the most cordial ever since Mr Karunanidhi's close aide A Raja and then his daughter Kanimozhi, went to jail in the 2G scam last year. The DMK, with its 18 MPs too has regularly given the Congress a hard time with its brinksmanship and opposition to key policy.
The allied party had embarrassed the government by disrupting the President's speech on the first day of the Budget session.