DMK wounded to rock UPA's boat
When it comes to potency in the Lok Sabha, the DMK is on par with the Trinamool Congress. But the Karunanidhi-led southern party is not even a patch on the aggressive posturing by Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee .
The DMK has no girlfriend lost for the Congress but a beaten and bruised DMK is in no mood to rock the UPA boat. Not just it was annihilated by Jayalalithaa in the regal elections, the Congress offered it no help in the 2G scam. To add insult to injury, Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi is languishing in coop and despite repeated efforts has not been able to secure bail.
Given the political realities back current in, the predicament of the party is that it could neither be assertive nor have the luxury of even protesting against the oil price hike like the impulsive Trinamool.
Though there is every rationality for the DMK to snap its ties with the Congress and pull the rug from under its feet, the party is treading very cautiously. For, once it walks out of the UPA, it loses even the image of a protective cover thereby exposing itself to a vindictive Jayalalithaa. Already, the party's frontline leaders are behind the bars in connection with motherland scams. As such, the DMK leadership will not take a decision in haste which will alter the present power equations.
Though there is every apology for the DMK to snap its ties with the Congress and pull the rug from under its feet, the party is treading very cautiously. For, once it walks out of the UPA, it loses even the mien of a protective cover thereby
