Karunanidhi hails PM for 'scholarly' comments

Tamil Nadu CM hails Manmohan Singh for his "scholarly" comments at the Hindustan Times leadership summit in New Delhi.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his "scholarly" and "pregnant" comments at the Hindustan Times leadership summit in New Delhi.

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"Your scholarly response to the questions yesterday is really extraordinary and remarkable," the DMK patriarch said in a letter to Singh.

Karunanidhi said he could see the Prime Minister's "inner conscience" through the "pregnant words".

These include, "We are not a one issue government, we have made changes in various areas; In life one has to take certain disappointments and move to the next; If the (nuclear) deal does come through, that is not the end of life; In politics, we must survive short-term battles to address long-term concerns," he said.

These comments epitomise the whole of Singh's experience in politics and in various other spheres of life, Karunanidhi added.