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Karunanidhi cites reasons for rift

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CHENNAI: In effect ruling out a rapprochement, Chief Minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Thursday listed out the issues and incidents that led to the rift between him and the Maran brothers, Dayanidhi and Kalanithi, owners of the Sun TV Network.

Writing in the party organ Muraosli, Mr. Karunanidhi said, “I never dreamt that they would cross the wall of love built by Maran and oppose me.”

Mr. Karunanidhi narrated three incidents which, he said, showed that the Marans were acting against him, his family and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the government.

The first incident related to the hurried manner in which Mr. Karunanidhi and his family were asked to offload shares in the Sun TV Network group. The second was the opinion polls published in Dinakaran, owned by the Marans. The third was the manner in which the Sun TV Network vacated its premises at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, from where it had been functioning since inception.

Mr. Karunanidhi said Sun TV was asked to vacate Anna Arivalayam after the network started launching a campaign against the DMK government, Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami and Union Minister A. Raja. “As a grandfather I might tolerate this. But how can I tolerate the deliberate mudslinging of the party and the government?” he said.

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