Kanimozhi's arrest not to impact UPA, says Congress

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New Delhi, May 20:The Congress Friday refused to comment on the arrest of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum case, but said the development will have no impact on the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said it was not necessary for a political party to comment upon ongoing judicial proceedings involving merits of individual cases.
'This is a matter between the accused concerned, the relevant court and the lawyer concerned... You can be rest assured that this being an individual matter between investigating agencies and accused persons, there is absolutely no connection with or impact on the alliance which continues as we had said earlier,' Singhvi said.
He said all parties have legal rights and recourse to appellate legal remedies.
'There is absolutely no impact on the coalition which remains as before,' Singhvi said.
The DMK with its 18 MPs is a major partner of the ruling UPA at the centre and has two union ministers in the cabinet.
DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, named as co-conspirators in the 2G spectrum scam, were Friday taken into custody after a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court rejected their bail pleas.
Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, is a stake-holder in Kalaignar TV.