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New bedfellows ; A realignment of forces is likely to emerge before the next polls as the DMK ejects PMK from the ruling DPA front, a move that may send Ramadoss' party into the arms of Jayalalithaa's AIADMK.
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India Today
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June 30, 2008
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- Lakshmi Subramanian
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It's like a marriage that ends in divorce but the partners agree
to continue to cohabit.
On June 17, the six-year-old alliance between the Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) reached
a flashpoint as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
unilaterally snapped ties with the PMK.
Relations between the two parties, which are alliance partners at
the Centre and in Chennai, had been on a boil in recent months.
"We cannot continue with this alliance as it would mean remaining
with those who humiliate us," said Karunanidhi.
Asked if he would reconsider his decision if PMK founder S.
Ramadoss approached him on a "forget and forgive" basis,
Karunanidhi shot back, ...