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DMK left NDA for refusal to oust AIADMK Govt.: BJP

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, MAY 14. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president, M. Karunanidhi's statement that he ``respected the sentiment of the Pattali Makkal Katchi leader, S. Ramadoss, demanding use of Article 356 of the Constitution (President's rule) in Tamil Nadu exposed the real reason behind the DMK's withdrawal from the National Democratic Alliance Government.''

Talking to newsmen here today, C.P. Radhakrishnan, State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleged that Mr. Karunanidhi ``overtly and covertly'' exerted pressure on the Centre to dismiss the AIADMK Government and impose President's rule. When the NDA refused to oblige him, the DMK withdrew from the alliance, he said.

Mr. Radhakrishnan attributed the defeat of the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-BJP front to the people's desire for a change. Both the parties had to take the blame jointly and it was not fair to criticise any individual for the debacle. The actual reason was still a puzzle as he felt that both the NDA and AIADMK Governments had implemented many welfare schemes. Mr. Radhakrishnan said there was no question of the BJP breaking its alliance with the AIADMK.

Reacting to the national executive member S. Thirunavukkarasar's charge that the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa's ``behaviour and attitude'' had caused the defeat, Mr. Radhakrishnan said it was his personal opinion. It was against the front's dharma to blame an individual for the defeat.

When a reporter referred to the BJP spokesman, Pramod Mahajan's reported comment on losing the DMK and former allies in Tamil Nadu and forging an alliance with the AIADMK, Mr. Radhakrishnan said he was not aware of it. Asserting that the country progressed in various fields after the NDA Government came to power, he claimed that India was really shining and would continue to shine. He did not think that raising the Congress president Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin issue cost the party dear. It was a fact that she was born in Italy.

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