Karunanidhi Withdraws Support

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils' though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition.

MK Alagiri, the older son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has skipped a crucial meeting of the party being held in Chennai this morning to frame political strategy after it pulled out of the UPA government last week. Mr Alagiri, say sources, is still sulking about not being consulted on the decision to withdraw support, a move reportedly scripted by hi...

With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.

The DMK has pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Senior DMK leader TR Baalu met President Pranab Mukherjee tonight and handed over the letter withdrawing his party's support to the UPA.

The DMK 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) ses...

The Centre's fire-fighter External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has defused the Tamil crisis and made peace with Karunanidhi over the civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Karunanidhi had threatened to withdraw the support of all 16 of his MPs to the central government. Mukherjee's unscheduled visit was precede...

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils' though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition.

MK Alagiri, the older son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has skipped a crucial meeting of the party being held in Chennai this morning to frame political strategy after it pulled out of the UPA government last week. Mr Alagiri, say sources, is still sulking about not being consulted on the decision to withdraw support, a move reportedly scripted by hi...

With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.

The DMK has pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Senior DMK leader TR Baalu met President Pranab Mukherjee tonight and handed over the letter withdrawing his party's support to the UPA.

The DMK 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) ses...

The Centre's fire-fighter External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has defused the Tamil crisis and made peace with Karunanidhi over the civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Karunanidhi had threatened to withdraw the support of all 16 of his MPs to the central government. Mukherjee's unscheduled visit was precede...