Recalling DMK's announcement on withdrawal of support to UPA on 19th
March over the Tamils issue, Karunanidhi said on that day itself he had
made it clear that there would be no outside support and his party
would not be responsible if "communal forces" came to power.
He
dismissed as mischievous reports about DMK extending outside support to
the UPA government and that it would not allow its fall.
"Our
stand is that any government at the Centre should accept our demand for
a credible, independent probe into war crimes by the Sri Lankan
government and the genocide besides other resolutions adopted at TESO
conference and party Executive. We came out of the alliance as UPA did
not come forward to accept these demands," he said.
Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa had questioned Karunanidhi's silence over a
reported statement by DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan that the party
would not topple the government and continue with T R Baalu as chairman
of a railway committee despite the party withdrawing support to UPA.
On
Tamil Nadu Assembly adopting a resolution calling for referendum on
Tamil Eelam among others, the 88-year-old leader said they were on the
lines of those passed in last year's TESO conference and, therefore,
Dravidar Kazhagam leader K Veeramani and VCK founder Thol.
Thirumavalavan had welcomed it.
On Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan's personal opinion that the venue of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Colombo
should be changed, Karunanidhi said it was a "laudable statement," but
wished it became the stand of his party (Congress) stand also.
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