Centre to accord state funeral to M Karunanidhi, confirms Ministry of Home Affairs

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The Home Ministry on Tuesday announced that the national flag will fly at half mast in Delhi and all state capitals across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday as a mark of respect to former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi.

The Ministry informed that the former DMK chief will be accorded a state funeral on Wednesday.

The Government of India will observe state mourning across the country on Wednesday and there will be no official entertainment during the day, a Home Ministry spokesperson said.

Karunanidhi, president of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) who was ailing for sometime, died at the age of 94 at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital on Tuesday. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian self-respect movement and ten-time president of his own party.

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Karunanidhi, who served as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms, was admitted to hospital on July 28 after he contracted urinary tract infection. Later, the doctors had advised a longer stay to him because of 'age related overall decline in his general health, altered liver function and haematological parameters'.