People pay homage to departed leader; PM Modi travels Chennai to pay his last respect to departed leader
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The Madras High Court today allowed burial of DMK President M Karunanidhi on the Marina Beach. The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will be laid to rest behind Anna Samadhi.
DMK Working President M K Stalin and Kanimozhi broke down after being told that HC has allowed the burial on the beach.
The Madras High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh along with Justice SS Sundar gave the order in a petition filed by DMK, which sought place at Marina to bury Karunanithi’s body.
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People pay their homage to M Karunanidhi; PM Modi travels Chennai to pay his last respect to departed leader
Meanwhile remains of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi has been kept at Rajaji Hall in Chennai for people to pay their homage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Chennai this morning to pay his last respects to the departed leader. 94 year-old Karunanidhi passed away at a hospital in Chennai yesterday evening.
The central government has declared state funeral for him as a mark of respect for the departed soul. The national flag will fly half mast in Delhi and all state capitals today. A Home Ministry spokesperson said, the Central government will observe state mourning across the country today and there will be no official entertainment during the day. Tamil Nadu government has declared a holiday for educational institutions and government offices today. AIADMK government has announced 7-day mourning in the state.
Earlier, AIADMK government in the state has expressed its inability sighting there were some legal cases against burial at Marina. DMK leader MK Stalin, Kanimozhi and MK Alagiri approached Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisami to allow a space for burial at Marina.
Later in a press release, Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said that the Chief Minister reviewed their request and provided a two-acre site at a different place where former Chief Ministers Rajaji and Kamaraj were laid to rest.