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'No rethink on alliance with DMK'

By T.S. Shankar

CHENNAI, JUNE 8. The BJP leader and Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K.Advani, today said the BJP's ties with the DMK ``were good'' and would continue.

Amid speculation of a possible renewal of the BJP's ties with the AIADMK, Mr. Advani said categorically that there was no scope for reviewing the alliance with the DMK. ``The present alliance arrangement is very good. There is no scope for review of our ties with the DMK,'' he told The Hindu here.

The BJP leader, here on a day's visit, said he spoke to the DMK president, Mr. M. Karunanidhi over phone, as he could not call on him.

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