On DMK chief M Karunanidhi's statement that his party was ready to support Congress if it proved its secular credentials, Chidambaram asserted his party was indeed a secular party.
Chidambaram welcomed Karunanidhi's remarks, but said he was 'amazed' that the DMK leader was questioning his party's secular credentials as it had never extended support to any communal party. "We have always been on the secular side."
"If he (Karunanidhi) comes, we welcome him," he said supporting a Congress-DMK tie up.
He, however, declined to predict who would win the April 24 Lok Sabha polls as there was a five-cornered contest which, he said, could throw up many surprises.
