New Delhi, May 21: Congress President Sonia Gandhi
late tonight held discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh in the wake of DMK deciding not to join the government
and provide outside support.
Gandhi's Political Secretary Ahmed Patel was also present
at the meeting at Prime Minister's residence that is believed
to have discussed DMK's insistence on certain number of
portfolios and ministries for its representatives.
Meanwhile, Karunanidhi and his entourage are booked by
different morning flights to Chennai in case nothing
materialises in the negotiations with Congress.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, May 22, 2009, 00:32