Holding that UPAChairperson Sonia Gandhi had crossed a number of road-blocks"tactfully", DMK President M Karunanidhi today said the "nationlooks up" to her to provide a secular and stable government at the Centre.
"As Chairperson of the UPA, you have been crossing a number of road-blockstactfully and facing many hurdles successfully... the nation looks up to youonly, at this critical phase, to provide a secular and stable Government at theCentre," he said in his birthday greetings to the leader, who turns 67tomorrow.
"Despite certain impediments", he said, the achievements of theCongress-led UPA government, in which his party is a key constituent,"have been quite impressive."
"The poor and middle classes of people of this country certainly realiseyour abiding interest in their livelihood and welfare," he said, andwished her a very long life of happiness and good health.