RAJIV GANDHI MURDER CASE: Sparing Rajiv assassins will please Tamils: Karunanidhi!!!

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DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi. File photo - PTI.

The former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said in a statement, "Had Rajiv Gandhi been alive today, that noble man would have definitely come forward to save the lives (of the convicts)."

DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Monday “fervently” asked for a cancellation of the death sentence of three persons involved in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, saying this would make Tamils happy.

In a statement here, the party patriarch said “they have spent nearly 20 years in prison which is more than life imprisonment, the capital punishment now proposed... should be cancelled. If this is done, the entire Tamil race will extol such humanitarian action and they will be happy.” “I fervently appeal to the central and state governments to save the lives of the three youths from the clutches of death, taking this not as an epistle, but as a mercy petition.”

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TAMILNADU POLITICS: AIADMK slams Karuna for his remarks on Lord Rama!

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Press Trust Of India / ibnlive.in.com / Posted on Aug 18, 2011 at 06:18pm IST.

Chennai: Quoting DMK chief M Karunanidhi's controversial remarks against Lord Rama over the Sethusamudram issue, the ruling AIADMK on Thursday sought to hit back at him on the issue of a new assembly complex built during his regime, wondering whether he possessed an engineering degree.

Referring to former deputy chief minister MK Stalin's past remarks that his father Karunanidhi was associated with the construction of the new assembly-cum-secretariat complex brick by brick, AIADMK member S Valarmathy during a debate in the assembly asked, "Does it mean Karunanidhi possesses an engineering degree?"

The AIADMK government has stopped construction activity on the new complex pending an inquiry into "alleged irregularities" in the Rs 1,000 crore project after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced she will continue to work from the centuries-old Fort St George citing administrative reasons.

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DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS CASE: MK to CM: Give up vigilance, face trial!

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August 14, 2011 / DC. chennai.

DMK chief took a dig at the Chief Minister for holding the Vigilance portfolio while facing a probe - PTI file photo.

DMK president M Karunanidhi has taken a swipe at chief minister Jayalalithaa for holding the vigilance portfolio even though the state vigilance department was conducting a case of disproportionate assets against her in a Bangalore court.

She must emulate her Kerala counterpart Oommen Chandy, who had relinquished the vigilance portfolio after a court ordered probe in a palmolein import case, Mr Karunanidhi wrote in his party organ Murasoli.

“When a vigilance probe is on against her, it is entirely improper for her to hold the portfolio. The Kerala chief minister had not only relinquished the vigilance portfolio but also offered to legally face the case. One has to have the courage to say that”, the DMK chief said.

Mr Chandy shed the vigilance portfolio last week after a court directed that his role be investigated in the palmolein import deal in 1992, when he was the Kerala finance minister in the Karunankaran government.

Responding to Ms Jayalalithaa’s allegation that he had ‘merely enacted a drama’ when he held a three-hour fast on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, Mr Karunanidhi listed out the various steps he had taken since 1956 when he first proposed a resolution in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils in the DMK general council meet under its founder, the late Annadurai.

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DMK rules out leadership change, silent on Cabinet berths!

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PTI / The Hindu / COIMBATORE, July 24, 2011.

DMK president M.Karunanidhi speaks at the party's General Council meeting in Coimbatore on Sunday. Party leaders (from left) Duraimurugan, M.K. Stalin, K. Anbazhagan and Arcot N.Veeraswami look on. Photo: K. Ananthan.

Meeting in the backdrop of a series of setbacks, the General Council of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Sunday sidestepped the succession issue in the party and remained silent on replacements in the Union Cabinet for two of its nominees who quit over the 2G scam.

In a clear message to cadres, the meeting adopted a resolution saying Mr. Karunanidhi would continue to lead the party.

The top decision making body of the DMK, a partner of the United Progressive Alliance, also chose to remain silent on the issue of its ties with the Congress, despite indications earlier that a section of leaders was against continuing the seven-year old alliance.

The meeting, chaired by DMK president M. Karunanidhi, accused the Central Bureau of Investigation of “bias” in opposing the bail plea of his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum case while backing her, A. Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned from the Union Cabinet over the scam.

Devoting a significant portion of the resolution to the 2G issue, the General Council said Ms. Kanimozhi had been kept in jail for long which it said was against the "principle of natural justice".

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Post-Maran: Congress-DMK alliance intact, says Pranab Mukherjee!

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NDTV Correspondent, Updated: July 09, 2011 11:39 IST.

Chennai:  Putting all rumours to rest that Congress-DMK alliance is on the rocks, Finance Minister and Congress' chief troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee has said that the alliance is intact.

"There is a lot of writing and speculations whether the alliance between Congress and DMK is continuing or not. My respectful submission would be, this alliance is there, the alliance will continue and it will be strengthened," Mr Mukherjee said after meeting DMK patriarch Karunanidhi in Chennai today.

Mr Mukherjee said that he discussed the current political situation with Mr Karunanidhi.

"This is my first visit to Chennai after the general elections to the state Assembly took place. Whenever I come to Chennai, I make it a practice to call on the leader and discuss political situations prevailing at that point of time. Therefore, when I came to Chennai this time, I took the opportunity of calling on the leader, Kalaignar Karunanidhi, and discussing the current political situation prevailing in the country," he said.

The meeting comes shortly after the resignation of DMK leader Dyanidhi Maran as the Union Textiles Minister and a Cabinet reshuffle in the UPA II government. Mr Maran put in his papers a day after the CBI, investigating the 2G scam, said it had preliminary evidence against him and he is being investigated for misusing his office when he was the telecom minister.

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DMK TOP-LEADER SPEAKS OUT: Poll defeat worrying me, says Alagiri!

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PTI / The Hindu / MADURAI, July 3, 2011.

M.K. Alagiri.

Breaking his silence over the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s debacle in the recent Assembly elections, Union Minister and party strongman M.K. Alagiri on Sunday said the defeat is worrying him and regretted that the charge of family politics was aired more by partymen than the rivals.

“Unfortunately DMK party was being criticised more by our own partymen than Opposition leaders or workers for family politics,” he said in a candid admission that there was discontent among workers and that issues including 2G spectrum allocation and family domination led to its rout.

“The defeat is worrying me. It was only in Madurai that maximum number of people benefited by various welfare schemes of the DMK Government. Even then we got defeated... In fact I have helped even the opposition party members and leaders,” Mr. Alagiri said.

No apologies for their party Ministers and MPs having been corrupt, which was the root cause of the DMK's routing?

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UPA's Liability: M. Karunanidhi's The Wives & Wherefores!

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Two much... The DMK patriarch with his wives Rajathiammal (left) and Dayaluammal.

TN is at home with his chinna veedu, but does Karunanidhi have any legal leg to stand on?

ANURADHA RAMAN

Behind the pulls and pressures of accommodating his kith, kin and partymen in the Union cabinet, there is another pull that DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi has to contend with—of his two companions of over four decades and more, Dayaluammal and Rajathiammal, known to the world as his wives. He is said to spend the morning with one, the evening with the other. Conservative Tamil Nadu apparently sees no problem with the arrangement, but what does the law say about having a second (or rather third) concurrent marriage (since Karunanidhi's first wife is no more)?

Well, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, is clear that it recognises only one ongoing marriage between a couple.

"It is an offence in the eyes of law to have more than one wife," says lawyer Kamini Jaiswal. "But till the Representation of People's Act is amended, there is little that the Election Commission can do to make its model code of conduct really effective."

"It is an offence in the eyes of the law to have more than one wife," says lawyer Kamini Jaiswal.

Like always, I have one stupid question to this grand old man of Tamilnadu.

How did he managed two wives on stage, while most of us are unable to manage one at home?

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UPA's Liability: Embattled Karuna turns 88 tomorrow!

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• June 2, 2011 
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Going through a tough time in his personal and political life, DMK President and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi turns 88 on Thursday amid continuing suspense over his daughter Kanimozhi's bail plea and his party coping with the election drubbing.

The decades-old party, founded by Dravidian veteran C N Annadurai, intends to make the birthday an opportunity to redeem itself, with all claims of coming back to power on the basis of performance falling flat and the 2G spectrum scam making a heavy dent on its image.

Kanimozhi and DMK's trusted member and former Telecom Minister A. Raja are cooling their heels in Delhi's Tihar jail for their alleged role in the 2G scam, often described by Karunanidhi's archrival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as that of ‘Himalayan proportions.’

Really a very bad time, indeed, for the grand old-man!

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