No rapprochement with Maran bros: Karuna

Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi charged his estranged grand nephews Maran brothers with not only attempts to create a division among his family members but also coming out with 'news against partymen'.

Ruling out any rapprochement with his estranged grand nephews Maran brothers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday charged them with not only attempts to create a division among his family members but also coming out with 8216;news against partymen8217; like Union Minister A Raja, among others.

In an article published in the DMK8217;s party mouthpiece 8216;Murasoli8217;, he said, 8220;I can tolerate any disputes they wanted to create in my family but how can I do so when they continuously indulge in blaming my government and my party.8221;

Indicating his younger son M K Stalin would be his political heir, Karunanidhi said Maran brothers-owned 8216;Dinakaran8217; had published a survey last year which put Stalin ahead of his first son M K Azhagiri and his daughter Kanimozhi when they did not even make any attempt or announce their intention to be his political heir.

This was an attempt to 8220;create a feeling of intense dislike8221; among his children, he said, adding 8220;I did not even think that these attempts were pre-planned.8221;

Karunanidhi said the same paper published another survey to show that the then Union Information Technology Minister Dayanidhi, younger sibling of Maran brothers, as the most efficient Union Minister from Tamil Nadu leaving the most experienced P Chidambaram Congress to second spot, T R Baalu DMK to the third spot and Dr Anbumani Ramadoss PMK to the last place.

8220;Is it necessary for such a survey when the Union Cabinet had representations from two or three parties from the state,8221; he said.

8220;I angrily told Kalanidhi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran to stop publication of the series of the surveys,8221; Karunanidhi said. But they ignored him and the 8220;survey on my political successor was published,8221; he said.

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8220;While the earlier survey had created confusion among friendly parties, the political survey was an attempt to create trouble in my family,8221; he said, adding the survey had angered Azhagiri8217;s supporters leading to violence in front of the Dinakaran office at Madurai.