Finance Minister P. Chidambaram after addressing the media on DMK withdrawal of its support to the UPA government over the issue of alleged human rights violations of Tamils in Sri Lanka on March 19, 2013 in New Delhi, India. The DMK has 18 Lok Sabha MPs and six Rajya Sabha MPs and was the second largest constituent of the Government. With the DMK pullout, the strength of the UPA in the Lok Sabha will be reduced to 224 but with outside support of SP (22) and BSP (21) it enjoyed the support of 281 MPs above the half way mark of 270.
{"Image ImageDescription": "NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 19: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram after addressing the media on DMK withdrawal of its support to the UPA government over the issue of alleged human rights violations of Tamils in Sri Lanka on March 19, 2013 in New Delhi, India. The DMK has 18 Lok Sabha MPs and six Rajya Sabha MPs and was the second largest constituent of the Government. With the DMK pullout, the strength of the UPA in the Lok Sabha will be reduced to 224 but with outside support of SP (22) and BSP (21) it enjoyed the support of 281 MPs above the half way mark of 270. (Photo by Mohd Zakir/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2013 Hindustan Times"}