By IANS,
Chennai : A day after announcing it was pulling out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the DMK Sunday said its six ministers will submit their resignations Monday.Senior DMK leader and former union minister T.R. Baalu told reporters that the ministers will tender their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The DMK has two cabinet ministers – Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Alagiri and Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran – and four junior ministers S.S. Palanimanickam (Finance), S. Jagathrakshakan (Information and Broadcasting), D. Napolean (Social Justice and Empowerment) and S. Gandhiselvan (Health and Family Welfare).
Tamil Nadu’s ruling party Saturday pulled out of the UPA government after failure to reach a seat-sharing pact with the Congress for the April 13 assembly polls.
A DMK statement said that it will now give “issue-based support” to the UPA government. The DMK has 18 Lok Sabha MPs.
According to Baalu, the Congress has not approached the DMK after the latter’s decision to withdraw unconditional support.
Meanwhile, PMK president G.K.Mani said Sunday that Congress’ absence will not affect the poll prospects of the DMK-led front.
On Sunday, PMK submitted a list of constituencies that it would like to contest. The party will contest 31 of the 234 assembly constituencies as part of the DMK-led front.