01-19-2009, 03:32 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>PMK set to quit UPA</b>
pioneer.com
J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi
To align with ADMK-led front in TN
With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi strongly opposed to the continuation of the PMK in the UPA, the stage is set for the PMK to quit the alliance and align with the AIADMK-led front in the State that comprises among others the Left parties and MDMK.
According to top AIADMK sources, party supremo J Jayalalithaa is willing to accommodate the PMK by offering as many as six Lok Sabha seats in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu.
While the PMK is already out of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, its break with the UPA was only a matter of time. Sources said a formal decision could come once the elections were announced. Until then, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R Velu would continue in the Central Government.
While the<b> Left Front has managed to tie up with the regional parties in various southern States, the J&K-based PDP, now out of the UPA, too has expressed interest in being part of a Left-sponsored third alternative</b>.
The entire patch-up attempt came apart when the <b>PMK did not support the DMK candidate in the recent prestigious bypoll to the Thirumangala seat. The UPA chief too snubbed the PMK when she refused to meet a PMK delegation on the Sri Lanka Tamil issue.</b>
Though PMK chief Dr S Ramadoss met Karunanidhi after the incident and asked him to facilitate an appointment with Sonia Gandhi, the meeting did not materialise. Stung and angry PMK chief on Saturday visited the pro-LTTE leaders staging a fast unto death in Chennai and performed his services to the leaders as physician by checking them with stethoscope. He also came down heavily against the Centre and Karunanidhi for âdillydallyingâ on Sri Lankan issue.
<b>The Left parties are widening their net to get in non-Congress and non-BJP partners in their front. After losing Mayawati, Left leaders are hunting for other regional parties to widen their idea of âThird Alternativeâ</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
pioneer.com
J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi
To align with ADMK-led front in TN
With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi strongly opposed to the continuation of the PMK in the UPA, the stage is set for the PMK to quit the alliance and align with the AIADMK-led front in the State that comprises among others the Left parties and MDMK.
According to top AIADMK sources, party supremo J Jayalalithaa is willing to accommodate the PMK by offering as many as six Lok Sabha seats in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu.
While the PMK is already out of the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, its break with the UPA was only a matter of time. Sources said a formal decision could come once the elections were announced. Until then, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R Velu would continue in the Central Government.
While the<b> Left Front has managed to tie up with the regional parties in various southern States, the J&K-based PDP, now out of the UPA, too has expressed interest in being part of a Left-sponsored third alternative</b>.
The entire patch-up attempt came apart when the <b>PMK did not support the DMK candidate in the recent prestigious bypoll to the Thirumangala seat. The UPA chief too snubbed the PMK when she refused to meet a PMK delegation on the Sri Lanka Tamil issue.</b>
Though PMK chief Dr S Ramadoss met Karunanidhi after the incident and asked him to facilitate an appointment with Sonia Gandhi, the meeting did not materialise. Stung and angry PMK chief on Saturday visited the pro-LTTE leaders staging a fast unto death in Chennai and performed his services to the leaders as physician by checking them with stethoscope. He also came down heavily against the Centre and Karunanidhi for âdillydallyingâ on Sri Lankan issue.
<b>The Left parties are widening their net to get in non-Congress and non-BJP partners in their front. After losing Mayawati, Left leaders are hunting for other regional parties to widen their idea of âThird Alternativeâ</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->