DMK withdraw from UPA govt. after negotiations on number of ministers break down

[ViruRulez]

Although the swearing-in ceremony of the new Manmohan Singh-led government is scheduled for Friday evening, the berth-sharing talks between the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) broke down dramatically on Thursday evening. The southern ally declared it would extend “outside support” to the new government, preferring to sit out of the Ministry to accepting the same number of berths it had last time. The announcement came after three rounds of talks between leaders of the two parties and a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr. Karunanidhi. Announcing the breakdown of talks, DMK leader T.R. Baalu said the Congress formula was unacceptable to his party. Refusing to divulge details of what transpired between Dr. Singh and Mr. Karunanidhi, he said the DMK executive council would meet in Chennai on Friday to decide the future course of action. The Congress remained outwardly unfazed by the DMK decision. The Congress media in-charge, Janardan Dwivedi, told journalists talks would continue. “We had proposed status quo; they wanted more. We felt their demands were too much. This does not mean the dialogue has stopped. They are still our allies.” The Congress confidence is anchored in the fact that though negotiations over portfolio allocation had broken down similarly in 2004 also, an agreement was reached later. The Congress is sure the DMK will not withdraw support in a hurry because the Karunanidhi-led government is dependent on it. The DMK wanted five Cabinet berths to accommodate the two outgoing Union Ministers, A. Raja and Mr. Baalu, besides Mr. Karunanidhi’s two children, M.K. Azhagiri and Kanimozhi, and his grand-nephew Dayanidhi Maran. Also, the DMK wanted four Ministers of State. DMK has 18 MPs and wanted 9 of its MPs to be included as Ministers in the central govt. Crowding the Ministry with members of one family was unacceptable to the Congress and this is an issue that it has taken up with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) also. The NCP was hoping to get its president Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule into the Ministry. The NCP leadership of Mr. Pawar and Praful Patel held detailed discussions with the Congress triumvirate of Pranab Mukherjee, A.K. Antony and Ahmed Patel but neither side disclosed details.

[Desi Cartman]

Crowding the Ministry with members of one family was unacceptable to the Congress

congress having problems with a particular family having too much power :hehe:

[zubinpepsi]

:haha::haha::haha:

[Don Sharma]

It is rumoured that Kanimozhi will be tying the knot with A.Raja so that wud have made it four for the family. Glad that they returned with none. But man seriously this is pathetic, he was just sending letters regarding the SL Tamils conflict but goes in person to meet the PM, Sonia, etc to get the Ministry. Awful.

[Ram]

Once again, this just shows how being part of the Govt is all bout power, ministries and plus posts and has NOTHING to do with the people. 5 central ministers for 19 LS seats… That’s a ratio of 1 minister for every 4 seats. UPA has to create some sort of jumbo cabinet like Uttar Pradesh did, to accommodate all of these mofos.

[punjabi_khota]

LOL at congress having problems managing family with politics...:hahaha:

[ViruRulez]

Once again, this just shows how being part of the Govt is all bout power, ministries and plus posts and has NOTHING to do with the people. 5 central ministers for 19 LS seats… That’s a ratio of 1 minister for every 4 seats. UPA has to create some sort of jumbo cabinet like Uttar Pradesh did, to accommodate all of these mofos.

They are asking for 9 ministers for 19 LS seats.. they were offered 7 according to reports but they are adamant that they will take nothing less than 9 ministers. And as per news reports, Manmohan Singh is not to take T R Baalu and A Raja in his cabinet as both of them were ineffective and corrupted ministers in last 5 years.. but DMK is adamant that they want Baalu and Raja and 9 ministers in central govt.

[cowboysfan]

DMK is very corrupted and they want prized ministries like surface transport to line pockets.i really hate tn politics-they not only create problems for their neighboring states but now they are trying to loot at a national stage-what else can you expect from these bozos??

[ViruRulez]

DMK fight for seats is growing even uglier accoring to news reports... Karunanidhi's three wives and one sister wants their children to be made minister and this family problem is the reason for which DMK is not able to accept lesser ministers .. DMK want ministers for a lot of people so that Karunanidhi can satisfy the wishes of all his three wives and his sister. BTW I knew for the first time that the whole DMK top leadership was from a single family and all of them wanted ministers. I dont understand why the Tamils elect such a person who is more worried about satisfying his three wives's wishes than the country and state. :mad:

[fineleg]

DMK fight for seats is growing even uglier accoring to news reports... Karunanidhi's three wives and one sister wants their children to be made minister and this family problem is the reason for which DMK is not able to accept lesser ministers .. DMK want ministers for a lot of people so that Karunanidhi can satisfy the wishes of all his three wives and his sister. BTW I knew for the first time that the whole DMK top leadership was from a single family and all of them wanted ministers. I dont understand why the Tamils elect such a person who is more worried about satisfying his three wives's wishes than the country and state. :mad:

If only Rajnikantz would throw his hat in, then TN will elect him :haha: Jokes apart, :hahaha: @Congress on complaining abt nepotism in politics. Taste of their own medicine. and :finger: to Karuna and his moronic gang for trying to do this nepotism crap too. I hope manmohan singh will give the ultimate :finger: to Karuna.