DMK turns to Congress seeking support for Kanimozhi's RS election

27 Jun 2013 Evaluate

Just months after breaking away from the UPA, DMK is asking for Congress support for its only Rajya Sabha candidate - the DMK patriarch's daughter Kanimozhi.Kanimozhi visited the Congress headquarters in Chennai to thank the state Congress chief for the support. Kanimozhi's re-election to the Upper House is only possible with the help of 5 MLAs of congress.

The DMK had pulled out its ministers from the Union Cabinet earlier this year accusing the Congress of inaction over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. But now the party says its relations with the Congress have always been cordial.

The desperate need to win the lone Rajya Sabha seat has made the DMK forget the past and move towards the Congress once again. But whether this can be seen as a sign of how things will be in the future remains to be seen. Congress already drew flak from some quarters for backing a “tainted” leader for her bid to enter the Upper House for the consecutive second term.

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