Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday said the party will neither ally with the Congress nor with the BJP for 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Karunanidhi denied media reports of praising BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi nad reportedly calling him a 'good person'. He said, "I have been misquoted in the newspaper report. I have not praised Narendra Modi."
The leader also declined to comment on AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's prime minister ambitions. "If she has chances, can I stop that?" he said.
DMK sources had earlier said that Karunanidhi had ruled out a tie-up with Congress, referring to the 2G spectrum scam which has turned out to be the gravest allegation faced by DMK in many years.
Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi and junior colleague and former Telecom Minister A Raja are accused in the scam. The Joint Parliamentary Committee, constituted to probe the matter and headed by PC Chacko (Congress) had recently tabled its report in Parliament amidst opposition from BJP, CPI and TMC which has dubbed it as "fraud".
An erstwhile ally of the Congress, DMK had snapped ties with that party in March this year over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. However it managed to drum up Congress' support for Kanimozhi during Rajya Sabha elections which she successfully contested.
(With additional information from PTI)
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