DMK to meet today

NEW DELHI, OCT 11: The DMK parliamentary party is meeting here on Tuesday to take a decision on the question of joining the National Demo...

NEW DELHI, OCT 11: The DMK parliamentary party is meeting here on Tuesday to take a decision on the question of joining the National Democratic Alliance government to be sworn in on Wednesday.

Party general secretary K Anbazhagan arrived here on Monday night to participate in the deliberations to be presided over by party president M Karunanidhi.

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday night hosted an exclusive dinner for Karunanidhi at his residence, in which Home Minister L K Advani and DMK leader Murasoli Maran also participated.

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Indications are that the party would join the government provided it is assured of some key economic and infrastructure portfolios.

Maran indicated this when he told a television channel that they (the party) believed in reforms and were "liberalisers". The party felt it could do something if at all it decided to join the government.

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