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Karunanidhi arrives to meet Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh

PTI | By, New Delhi
May 19, 2009 04:48 PM IST

Ahead of the government formation at the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday arrived in the capital to meet AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for discussing cabinet berths for his party MPs in the new UPA dispensation.

Ahead of the government formation at the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday arrived in the capital to meet AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for discussing cabinet berths for his party MPs in the new UPA dispensation.

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Karunanidhi was accompanied by son Azhagiri and grand nephew Dayanidhi Maran.

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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is expected to hold discussions with top Congress leaders for the composition of the new cabinet and the council of ministers.

Karunanidhi will also discuss cabinet berths and ministries that his party would like to have in the UPA government, DMK sources said.

The DMK won 18 seats in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in the state which include that of Karunanidhi's son Azhagiri, who won from Madurai, and Maran who emerged victorious from the Central Chennai.

DMK's alliance partner Congress won eight LS seats in the state including that of P Chidambaram, who won in Sivaganga. Congress also won the Puducherry seat.

Another alliance partner Vidudhalai Thiruthaidal (VCK) managed to win the lone seat of Chidambaram.

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