The DMK has put out a news release stating that the DMK was offered two Cabinet berths and that it had turned it down.
Let us look at the current developments at the National level.
The 2 G, ISRO, CWG scams sort of fading away from people’s memory and in the 2 G the Congress has not been directly implicated.
ISRO scam had become an ISRO is an in-house achievement.
Coalgate , yes , the Congress has a lot explain.
The Congress would not like to complicate its chances with additional baggage.
In The Maharashtra Irrigation scam of 70,000 Crore it is the NCP that is taking the flak.
Arm twisted by Sharad Pawar, the Congress fended off investigations till TIMESNOW Channel flashed the Documents directly implicating Ajith Pawar,nephew of Sharad Pawar and Maharasthra Deputy Chief Minister.
Congress gave a nod to CBI to probe the irrigation scam
Miffed, Ajith Pawar resigned on 25 th along with the NCP ministers tendered his resignaion(raed my blog on this)
Congress does not want to spoil its chances in the States as it is quite nervy at the National hustings.
It wants to avoid avoidable baggage.
When it can with NCP which has number,s it can do it with the DMK.
Naranyanaswamy , the errand boy(actually a Union Minister) was despatched to meet Karunanidhi and convey the message that he should lie low or share NCP’s discomfiture.
It does not take time to speed up Raja, Kalaignar TV ,Kanimozhi cases.
Added to this, is the discomfort the DMK hands out on Sri Lanka issues.
For Karunanidhi the case is different.
The only problem is not of propriety but the question of whom to give cabinet berths to,Azhagiri faction,Stalin Group or Kanomizhi Cronies or at the last resort to some DMK functionary.
He just can not do anything for fear of inter-cine quarrels
Keeping away from the Ministry would save him from frictions in the Family.
It can also provide him with an option for alliances for the ensuing elections.
Thieves and crooks all.
To read that the DMK turned down Cabinet berths, I burst out laughing!
“”Though our senior MPs wanted use the opportunity to get a good portfolio or two, Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) appears to be of a different view. He has been thinking about the stability of the government and it is one of the reasons for not accepting the offer,” a senior DMK leader said. “Many of our district secretaries are against continuing with the alliance with the Congress. They have been expressing their views to Kalaignar and asking him to distance the party from the Congress,” said a former state minister.
Senior DMK leaders point out that anger against the UPA government has been growing following a series of anti-people measures like fuel price hike and cap on subsidized LPG cylinders. “Such issues are also likely to cast a shadow on our prospects. The party wishes to keep its options open on alliances for the next Lok Sabha elections,” the leader said”
* Karunanidhi is not a fool to throw away power, considering how his kith and are placed.See the family Picture.
Also Azhagiri’s son is caught in Illegal Mining case in Madurai(read my blog) and has been refused bail