Cong sympathises with Karuna but distances itself from 2G

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK)
chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday wound up an emotional visit to
the capital after Congress sympathised with his plight but
distanced itself and the government from the 2G case in which
his daughter Kanimozhi is in jail.
The two-day visit, essentially to meet his daughter,
coming in the wake of electoral debacle, was conspicuous by
his not having a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi,
a privilege he enjoyed for the last seven years since DMK and
Congress tied up in Tamil Nadu.
After a half-hour meeting with Karunanidhi in the hotel
where he was staying, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
told reporters that "all these goings on did not affect the
relationship between Congress and DMK and in future also it
will have no effect whatsoever".
Azad, who is in charge of Congress affairs in Tamil Nadu,
said they discussed the election results in the state where
the Congress-DMK alliance suffered a shattering defeat.
He said the Congress and its leadership were concerned
about "the lady being inside the jail".
"Our leader Sonia Gandhi is concerned because Kanimozhi
being a woman is in jail and it is a matter of concern and the
fact is that one cannot do anything," Azad said.
Azad made it clear that the government would not
interfere in the legal process.
"Karunanidhi is a man of political understanding and
understands the circumstances and the prevailing situation and
that Congress has no role", he said.
He said that the DMK leader knew well that the Supreme
Court was monitoring and a special court was looking into the
2G case. "He also knows the opinion of the Government of India
as it is not interfering in any cases, including the (Suresh)
Kalmadi case," he said.
Later, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan and Union
Minister Farooq Abdullah also met Karunanidhi.
Natarajan told reporters after the meeting that the ties
between Congress and DMK were the same.
"The DMK has said that it will fight the case legally. I
met him (Karunanidhi) as a courtesy," she said.
Natarajan said Karunanidhi told her that Kanimozhi was
fine and she is prepared to fight the case legally.
Home Minister P Chidambaram and Minister of State in the
Prime Minister's Office M Narayansamy had met Karunanidhi
yesterday to discuss the issue.
Before leaving, Karunanidhi told wife Rajathi Ammal that
"be brave, truth will come out".