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Swati Das | Chennai
Azad keeps Cong options open
UPA chairperson and AICC president <b>Sonia Gandhi cancelled her Wednesday campaign in Chennai and Puducherry following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s hospitalisation.</b>  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Addressing the media here, AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said the meet had been postponed because Karunanidhi was not fit to take part in the campaign. “Doctors advised him not to participate in the meetings, citing his health condition. Madam (Sonia Gandhi) wants to share the dais with Karunanidhi. Therefore, the rally has been postponed. The new date will be announced soon,” he said.

DMK spokesman TKS Elangovan said he did not know in what context Rahul Gandhi talked about support from the AIADMK. “As far we are concerned, we go by the words of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and she is firmly in favour of continuing the alliance with the DMK,” he said.
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