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This is an archive article published on February 14, 2004

All146;s well that ends well8230;

In town to sew up a poll pact with the DMK, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today gave a clean chit to the DMK in the Rajiv Gandhi assassina...

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In town to sew up a poll pact with the DMK, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today gave a clean chit to the DMK in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Her explanation: the final report of the Jain Commission, which probed the conspiracy angle behind her husband8217;s assassination, had 8216;8216;no negative comments8217;8217; on the DMK.

Speaking to reporters at the DMK headquarters, Sonia said: 8216;8216;There is some misunderstanding on the issue. Although the interim report of the Jain Commission made a few comments on some DMK leaders, there were no negative comments or points in the final report on the leaders.8217;8217;

8216;8216;How can the interim report stand when the final report exonerated the DMK?8217;8217; she countered.

After her talks with Karunanidhi 8212; he is to lead the alliance against the AIADMK-BJP combine 8212; Sonia said the issue over the Congress demand for the Pondicherry Lok Sabha seat would be sorted out in a day or two. The seat, which has a sitting Congress MP, has been allotted to the PMK.

Sonia described the talks as 8216;8216;very good8217;8217; and said it primarily had to do with working together to defeat the BJP and other NDA allies.

Karunanidhi described their meeting as 8216;8216;good and honest8217;8217;. Reminded of his 1999 utterance that the Congress was not a dependable partner, he quipped: 8216;8216;In politics, there will be changes as time goes by.8217;8217;

 

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