While speaking to media-persons on board Air India One, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would not comment on demnads to sack Telecommunications Minister A Raja as Parliament was in session. When asked about All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader J Jayalalitha's reported offer that she can fill the breach caused if the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A Raja is a DMK member were to quit the government, the prime minister said he had no knowledge of it and, declared "as of now the alliance stands."
Image : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks to media-persons on board Air India One, as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia looks on.
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