Chennai: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) on Monday made it clear that the party would support any resolution against foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in Parliament. At the DMK executive meeting in Chennai the party supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi said that even though FDI won't be a sticky point in the ties with Congress, he asked the Central Government to reconsider the decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail.
At the executive meeting, DMK leaders also discussed the arrest of some of its cadre by the J Jayalalithaa government and the party's alliance with the Congress. Earlier, Karunanidhi had support the Opposition-sponsored Bharat Bandh on September 20 against FDI in retail. He had claimed that FDI in retail would be ruinous for farmers and small traders.
Meanwhile, the DMK also slammed the Jayalalithaa government claiming that ever since she stormed to power in May 2011, several DMK leaders and former ministers, besides sitting MLAs, have been facing the heat with land grab and disproportionate assets cases filed against them.
DMK has maintained that many cases were foisted ones. Cases were recently slapped against former Minsters K Ponmudy and KN Nehru. Karunanidhi's grandson Dayanidhi Alagiri is also in the dock over alleged illegal granite mining scam in Madurai. The party had earlier conducted a series of protests on the issue.
The meeting, chaired by Karunanidhi, was attended among others by his sons Union minister MK Alagiri and MK Stalin. Karunanidhi had on Sunday sought to scotch speculation that the Executive would also discuss a possible cabinet reshuffle with its quota of two portfolios remaining vacant, saying it would not nominate anyone.
(With additional information from PTI)
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