Lalu breaks ranks with PMK on reservation

In what appears to be a crack in the OBC camp, railway minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has come to the aid of beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the OBC reservation issue, ditching UPA’s southern allies —-– the DMK and the PMK.

In June, DMK chief M Karunanidhi had threatened to pull out of the UPA if the government did not backtrack on its decision to disinvest Neyveli Lignite Corporation.(more...)