Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others are scheduled to pay homage later in the day to the leader, fondly addressed as Kalaignar (artiste). His relatives, including children Stalin, MK Selvam and Kanimozhi, were seen standing beside the mortal remains of the Dravidian stalwart. The Indian tricolour was draped over the body of Karunanidhi. Karunanidhi's body was earlier brought to the stately Rajaji Hall from his CIT Nagar residence for the public to pay homage to the former chief minister. Palaniswami and Panneerselvam had a brief conversation with Stalin during which they apparently extended their sympathies to him over the loss. He extended his sympathies to DMK working president and Leader of Opposition, MK Stalin, Karunanidhi's family, and the DMK workers. Speaking to reporters, Palaniswami said Karunanidhi's demise was a "big loss to Tamil Nadu".
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, senior state ministers, AMMK leader and RK Nagar MLA TTV Dhinakaran, superstar Rajinikanth and his family, and actor Sivakarthikeyan among others paid homage to Karunanidhi. Mr Dhinakaran was the deputy general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and was expelled from the party in August 2017 along with Jayalalithaa's confidante VK Sasikala.People queued up in large numbers early this morning at Rajaji Hall here to pay their last respects to DMK president M Karunanidhi who died yesterday after prolonged illness. Mr Dhinakaran's close aide Mallikarjuna was also arrested for allegedly facilitating a Rs 50-crore deal between him and Sukesh Chandrashekar. The Election Commission had frozen the AIADMK's symbol after the two factions - one led by Mr Dhinakaran's aunt VK Sasikala and the other by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam - staked claim to it. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who represented the Assembly seat.
Mr Dhinakaran, who has been charged by the police, was arrested by the Delhi Police after four days of questioning for allegedly attempting to bribe EC officials for the party symbol. Sukesh Chandrashekar was arrested in April 2017 from a five-star hotel by the Delhi Police for allegedly taking money from TTV Dhinakaran to bribe Election Commission officials to get the AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol for the VK Sasikala faction in a by-election to the RK Nagar Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu. Officials had said that they recorded the statement of Sukesh Chandrashekhar in this case early this month and now want to question Mr Dhinakaran and confront him with Sukesh Chandrashekhar to take the probe forward. The Enforcement Directorate case under the criminal provisions of the PMLA is based on the primary FIR filed against the accused by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in 2017.īoth Mr Dhinakaran and Sukesh Chandrashekhar were arrested by the Crime Branch then. Mr Chandrashekhar was also grilled by the agency in the case over the last week. While exiting the Enforcement Directorate office late at night on April 12, Dhinakaran told reporters that he cooperated with the agency and replied to their questions in the Sukesh Chandrashekhar case. The agency's notice and investigation against the 58-year-old Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader came after it recently arrested jailed 'conman' and another accused in this case, Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
The agency issued fresh summons to him last week.
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