At the same time, Karunanidhi, in a separate statement, said the decision to withdraw support to UPA was taken unanimously after prolonged consultations involving senior party leaders and rejected reports that Stalin had insisted on the decision.
"Generally DMK is being subjected to acts of political vendetta. This may be or may not be one of such acts," the 88-year old DMK patriarch told reporters here while reaction to CBI raids against Stalin.
"If the Central Minister says that the raids happened without the knowledge (of the government), I cannot say I cannot believe it," he said replying to a question.
Reacting to the raids, Stalin, the DMK Treasurer, said it was 'political vendetta' as it happened two days after the party pulled out of UPA, and he was ready to face the case legally.
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Fielding a volley of questions, Karunanidhi said he came to know about the raids only at 10 AM. He also referred to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram disapproving of the CBI action.
To a question whether the raid would not be construed as political vendetta considering Congress' "track record" against estranged allies, the DMK leader said acts of political vengeance were not only confined to Delhi but also took place in Tamil Nadu, an apparent reference to land grabbing and other cases filed by state police against several DMK leaders.