2G verdict: Will DMK now align with BJP? Not really, says Tamil Nadu party

In the circumstances, most senior DMK leaders see only a remote possibility of the BJP and the DMK joining hands

The subtext of the 2G spectrum order acquitting leaders of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), has set off frenzied speculation about whether the party will now join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), especially after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on patriarch M Karunanidhi recently.

Although the DMK is part of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), relations between the two were strained after the Manmohan Singh government asked the then telecom minister A Raja to step down following the 2G spectrum controversy. Despite the coolness — and a belief in a large section of the Congress