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Stalin after paying his last respects to Karunanidhi, at Rajaji Hall in Chennai. Thirunavukkarasar.Ĭongress president Rahul Gandhi with M.K. Gandhi was accompanied by Tamil Nadu Congress chief S.
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Karunanidhi by laying a wreath on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's body at the Rajaji Hall here. ANI AugRahul pays homage to KarunanidhiĬongress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid homage to DMK President M. #Watch: Scuffle between breaks out between Police & crowd gathered at #RajajiHall, police resort to lathi charge. Stalin appealed for calm to the milling crowds which were getting restive at not being able to get close to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's body. The tragedy occurred shortly after DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son M.K. "There has been heavy jostling and pushing and pulling in the crowd since morning," one man at the site said, explaining what led to the stampede. The official added that another 35 persons were brought to the hospital with minor injuries. The dead woman was said to be 60 years old.
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One is a woman, Shanbagam, while the other person is an unidentified male." APĪ senior official of the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital told IANS: "Two persons were brought dead to the hospital with injuries arising due to trampling. Karunanidhi, a hospital official said.Ī supporter of DMK chief Karunanidhi is taken to hospital after a stampede in Chennai. Two persons were killed and 35 suffered minor injuries on Wednesday in a stampede outside the Rajaji Hall here as hundreds of thousands thronged for a final glimpse of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi's body will be interred in a sandalwood casket and lowered into the earth at Marina Beach.Īs per Karunanidhi's wish, the wordings - "The person who had worked without rest is resting here" - was sculpted on the casket Supporters take pictures as the vehicle carrying a glass casket with body of Karunanidhi approaches during the funeral procession, in Chennai. The tri-colour covered body of the 94-year-old veteran politician was put on a military vehicle by military personnel shortly before 4 p.m. Karunanidhi on Wednesday began his final journey on a flower-decked military vehicle from Rajaji Hall where his body was lying in state since early in the morning. Karunanidhi begins journey to finally rest at MarinaĭMK President and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Other family members including the leader's wife Rajathi Ammal, other sons and daughters showered flower petals at his feet. Karunanidhi's son and heir apparent M K Stalin received the national flag wrapped around his father's body.
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Karunanidhi was buried with full military honours with soldiers giving him a gun salute and buglars sounding the last post.įormer prime minister H D Deve Gowda, Rahul Gandhi, union minister and the lone BJP Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Pon Radhakrishnan, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad placed wreaths at the feet of the departed leader at the Marina.
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So were CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, his predecessor Prakash Karat, and former chief ministers of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh Oommen Chandy and Akilesh Yadav. The 94-year-old leader had breathed his last at a hospital here after fighting for life for 11 days.Ī galaxy of leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, and his Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh counterparts Pinarayi Vijayan, K Chandrasekhar Rao and N Chandrababu Naidu were in attendance. The country's high and mighty descended on the city to pay their last respects to the "Thalaivar" (the leader), school dropout, who left an indelible imprint on the state's public life over decades through his literary, cinematic and political achievements. Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a doyen of Dravidian politics, was on Wednesday laid to rest on the Marina beachfront as a sea of humanity bid him a tearful farewell after an unsavoury courtroom battle his party won to secure for him the final resting place at the Chennai landmark. Karunanidhi laid to rest at Marina after court battle lakhs bid adieu