Will DMK sacrifice Raja to save face before TN Assembly polls?

Source :Indian Express:8th Dec 2010:chennai:15:11Hrs

From being one  of the most influential young leaders of the DMK, ousted Telecom Minister A Raja is fast becoming a liability for the party ahead of the Assembly elections, with sources indicating there is a move to distance the party from him and thus from the scam.

Though the party has supported him to the hilt so far, what has changed the mood is the perception that the scam has dented the image of the DMK ahead of the elections. This despite the slew of welfare measures that the party's government rolled out one after the other in the last four and a half years.

Officially, Raja is the propaganda secretary of the party.

According to a DMK source, it is fast becoming untenable for the party to back Raja on the face of Wednesady's raids and other recent developments including his name figuring in the case pertaining to an attempt to influence a judge of the Madras High Court.