DMK welcomes passage of women's bill

DMK, the UPA's key constituent, today welcomed the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha.     Likening the current bill to a whole-fruit, and sub-quota for women from SC/ST and Muslim communities to juicy segments, DMK president and chief minister M Karunanidhi said, "Let us decide on who gets to eat the different pulp segments at the appropriate time."     "Reservation is like a whole-fruit. Let us be happy that we have got it now," he said in a release.     The DMK is a strong votary of reservation for women in the Parliament and state legislatures. Karunanidhi had recently made a similar remark that the need of the hour was the passage of the bill and the issue of sub-quota could be sorted out later.