MDMK MPs resign from NDA ministry

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhaghan MPs M Kannappan and Gingee N Ramachandran on Tuesday submitted their resignations from the Union Council of Ministers to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The party had on Monday announced its decision to pull out of the National Democratic Alliance. The MDMK, which has four members in the Lok Sabha, took a decision to this effect keeping in mind BJP's overtures to forge an alliance with the All India Anna DMK, chairman of the MDMK presidium L Ganesan had said.