PMO doesn't want TR Baalu to replace Maran
July 07, 2011  14:25

R Rajagopalan on Twitter writes that former Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran's resignation has been faxed to Tirupathi where President Prathibha Patil is preforming puja on her wedding day.  

Rajagopalan adds that the PMO objects to the induction of T R Baalu into the Union Cabinet according to a secret communique from enivironment minister Jairam Ramesh to the PMO.  

 

Incidentally, Maran quit only after the PM spoke to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home minister P Chidambaram and the Attorney General. Legal aspects of the CBI's report tabled with the AG were discussed.

The PM and Sonia Gandhi also spoke to DMK boss M Karunanidhi last night. Karuna gave the green signal for Maran's axe.

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