On a visit here a year after United Progressive Alliance-II (UPA) assumed office, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today backed Telecom Minister A Raja and virtually ruled out the demand of the Opposition for his resignation over the 2G spectrum controversy. "I have not come here with any good news to be conveyed to you people," he said sarcastically in Tamil when asked to comment on Opposition demands for Raja's resignation over the spectrum issue.
He also parried a query on whether the issue would figure during his discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. He was talking to reporters at the Tamil Nadu House here after a meeting with President Pratibha Patil, during which he extended invitation to her to attend the inaugural ceremony of the 9th World Tamil Conference to be held in Coimbatore in June.
