The Hindu : Doors open to all except BJP, says Karunanidhi

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Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003

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Doors open to all except BJP, says Karunanidhi

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI DEC. 29. The doors of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are open to all parties except the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party president, M. Karunanidhi, said today.

Talking to mediapersons here, Mr. Karunanidhi said that whichever party wanted to join the progressive front mooted by him could do so and this was applicable to the Congress too.

Already, Mr. Karunanidhi said, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Harkishan Singh Surjeet, talked to him over telephone today and discussed the political situation. The Pattali Makkal Katchi had also agreed to join the DMK front.

Referring to the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi's statement on Sunday that the issue of prime ministership would be decided by the people at the election, Mr. Karunanidhi said the DMK had never made an issue of her foreign origin.

Welcoming the MDMK's decision to withdraw from the National Democratic Alliance, Mr. Karunanidhi said that more parties were expected to withdraw from the front though he would not predict the fall of the Ministry before the next general election. He appealed to the MDMK general secretary, Vaiko, who has been arrested under POTA, to seek bail as he had to do more work in the field.

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