Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam

Ascertain Wal-Mart's plans in Tamil Nadu: DMK

Chennai: Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam, which voted in favour of foreign direct investment in retail in Parliament, despite voicing its opposition to the measure, on Sunday asked the Tamil Nadu government to ascertain US retail chain Wal-Mart's plans in the state and take appropriate action.

The DMK president M Karunanidhi said in a statement that there is information about Wal-Mart setting up a commercial complex and a marketing office at Vanagaram on the city outskirts on a seven acres land. Karunanidhi said there is also information that Wal-Mart is approaching small grocers for enrolling them as its members with a promise of selling their products at low rates.

"If this news is true, then there might be entry of FDI in retail," he said. Karunanidhi said company officials maintain that they are not in retail trade but in wholesale trade selling to retailers.

He hoped the state government would look into the veracity of the news and take necessary action. The US retail chain has a joint venture with India's Bharti group - Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd....more    

DMK to support resolution against FDI in Parliament

Chennai: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) on Monday made it clear that the party would support any resolution against foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in Parliament. At the DMK executive meeting in Chennai the party supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi said that even though FDI won't be a sticky point in the ties with Congress, he asked the Central Government to reconsider the decision...  

Rajinikanth contesting TN polls incognito?

New Delhi: A mysterious last-minute candidate from Tamil Nadu's Mylapore constituency has sparked off intense speculation among voters that southern megastar Rajinikanth may be contesting the polls incognito. Both the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) have lodged a battle of populism in the state readying for this months crucial assembly elections. In Mylapore, a traditional stronghold of the DMK, a mystery candidate...