Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsA day after it adopted an aggressive stance against the Centre over the diesel price hike and cap on LPG cylinders, the DMK chose to toe a softer line on Wednesday. Senior party leaders shied away from giving a clear-cut answer to questions over whether the DMK would consider pulling out of the UPA, like Mamata Banerjee, if the Centre refused to roll back the decisions. DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi chose to maintain a stoic silence. Party leaders said there was no need for him to say anything at this moment and that the DMK would indeed participate in the Bharat Bandh. “We will decide when the time comes,” DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan told Express. He rubbished reports that his party was mulling over whether to pull out of the Centre, and dismissed such talk as “empty speculation”. “Pulling out of the government is not an easy thing,” he said.first published:September 20, 2012, 10:56 ISTlast updated:September 20, 2012, 10:56 IST
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A day after it adopted an aggressive stance against the Centre over the diesel price hike and cap on LPG cylinders, the DMK chose to toe a softer line on Wednesday. Senior party leaders shied away from giving a clear-cut answer to questions over whether the DMK would consider pulling out of the UPA, like Mamata Banerjee, if the Centre refused to roll back the decisions. DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi chose to maintain a stoic silence. Party leaders said there was no need for him to say anything at this moment and that the DMK would indeed participate in the Bharat Bandh. “We will decide when the time comes,” DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan told Express. He rubbished reports that his party was mulling over whether to pull out of the Centre, and dismissed such talk as “empty speculation”. “Pulling out of the government is not an easy thing,” he said.
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