Daijiworld Media Network

Chennai, Jul 8: DMK chief Karunanidhi spoke in favour of Dayanidhi Maran who handed over his resignation as Union Textile Minister yesterday.

Karuna blamed the Indian media and said it was responsible for defaming  someone like Maran. "The DMK will back Maran", he added.

Karunanidhi completely denied the reports that he spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi ahead of Maran's resignation. He also disagreed that he had given any list
to the Congress.

The CBI now has all evidences against Maran and it will soon register a case against the former cabinet minister for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allotment scandal.

In its report on the 2G scam, the CBI has said Maran, the telecom minister in 2006, forced industrialist C Sivasankaran to sell his share in Aircel to the Maxis Group of Malaysia by stonewalling a request to grant the company UAS licences.

Maran’s secretary, Nripender Mishra, and officials PK Mittal and RJS Kushwaha are believed to have provided substantial evidence against the former minister to the investigating agency.

(With inputs from agencies).