New Delhi (PTI): In a balancing act, the government on Tuesay finalised a draft affidavit on the controversial Sethusamudram issue aimed at addressing the concerns of key constituent DMK without hurting Hindu sentiments.

A day after the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the issue met without any conclusion, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met on Tuesday to take a view on the affidavit to be filed before the Supreme Court.

A draft affidavit was considered at the meeting which decided to meet again after a few days allowing for all the constituent parties to consider it.

Sources said the new affidavit, for which the apex court has given time till next month for filing, would be "secular" in nature without disturbing the proposed alignment of the shipping project in the Palk Straits.

Unlike the last time when the government referred to issues like Lord Ram in the affidavit that created a controversy, the present one would consciously avoid any such references.