Karunanidhi blames Centre for daughter’s arrest

Karunanidhi,who often turned emotional during the meeting,alleged that Kanimozhi had been arrested as the CBI had to hold someone accountable and said her mistake was his mistake — of making her a shareholder in Kalaignar TV.

“I compelled her to become a shareholder with a view to secure her future,” he said adding she was languishing in jail under testing conditions. “You know a flower kept there will wither away quickly due to the temperature.”

Karunanidhi’s comments come two days after he said on his birthday,”…bad friendship will result in trouble.”

The DMK chief’s remark was seen as a subtle message about his being sore with his party’s seven-year old ally Congress,with whom his party’s ties have not been the best of late.

The strain in the DMK’s alliance with the lead UPA partner had come out very clearly during seat-sharing negotiations for the April 13 Assembly polls with the Congress

managing to wrest 63 seats from the DMK.

The DMK-Congress alliance came under more stress after the arrest of the Dravidian party’s Dalit face,A Raja,former Telecom Minister,in the 2G scam.

With the 2G scam reaching the doors of Karunanidhi’s family,leading to the arrest of Kanimozhi,the unease between the two partners has grown more.