Responding to the Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid's, assurance of his participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the DMK party urged Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to announce India's boycott of the summit.
Describing Kurshid's remarks as "shocking and disappointing" and calling for an Indian boycott , the DMK chief, M Karunanidhi, urged,
"I insist that the Prime Minister makes the announcement in this regard immediately."
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