DMK may not be keen on replacements in the Union Cabinet

Chennai, July 9 (PTI) DMK, smarting under resignations
of ministers in 2G scam and still upset over the arrest of
party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi, is said to be
reluctant to send any replacements to the Indian Union Cabinet
in the proposed reshuffle.
Sources said Karunanidhi conveyed this much to Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who met him here this morning and
is understood to have offered berths for DMK representatives
in the vacancies caused by the resignation Dayanidhi Maran and
earlier of A Raja both in the wake of their name figuring in
the 2G scam.
The DMK is understood to have told Mukherjee that the
party will take a decision on the issue at a 2-day meeting of
its General Council in Coimbatore on July 23 and 24.
The meeting of the party's highest-policy making body
is expected to consider the political situation in the
aftermath of the defeat in the assembly elections, including
the relations with Congress.
Sources said the party was not not too keen on
sending its replacements in the Cabinet in the present
juncture in which the party is placed.
Though there was no no official word on what
transpired between him and Karunandhi, the Union Finance
Minister said that the alliance between the two parties would
continue and would be strengthened.
However, he parried a specific question whether the
question of DMK filling up its vacancies in the Cabinet was
discussed. PTI
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