No question of pulling out of UPA:DMK

PTI | March 2, 2010



Notwithstanding its demand for rolling back fuel price hike, UPA key constituent DMK today said there was no question of pulling out of the alliance.

"There is no question of DMK withdrawing its support (to UPA) or the alliance breaking up. We are there together and we will go on together," Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and Rajya Sabha MP, Kanimozhi, told reporters here.

She said her party, which also has representatives in the cabinet, was positive about sorting out the issue and welcomed any move to ease the situation (on prices).

To a question, she said Karunanidhi had welcomed the union budget "and we all welcome it,".

Two of Congress' allies at the Centre DMK and Trinamool Congress, have demanded rollback of fuel price hike, saying it would have a cascading effect on prices.

Karunanidhi had last week written to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the hike, resulting out of increase in excise and custom duties, would have a cascading effect and further push up prices of essential commodities.

He had sought the rollback of at least diesel price hike.

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