Stalin's remarks come at a time when Alagiri, expelled by DMK patriarch and their father M Karunanidhi in 2014 at the height of his fight with Stalin over establishing supremacy in Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party, has raised a banner of revolt.
Alagiri visited Karunanidhi's memorial at Chennai's Marina beach on Monday. Talking to reporters later, Alagiri asserted that "true relatives" and supporters of his father are with his side.
The party said the award will be a real tribute to the late Tamil Nadu leader's outstanding and exemplary work which had left an indelible mark in history. DMK's Tiruchi Shiva dubbed Karunanidhi the "tallest leader of the country and a Dravidian stalwart".
Karunanidhi was buried after an unsavoury courtroom battle that his party won to secure for him the final resting place at Marina Beach, a Chennai landmark.
Paying homage to his father, Stalin penned an emotional poem for Karunanidhi, who breathed his last at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital on Tuesday (August 7) evening.
The mortal remains of Karunanidhi has been laid to rest at Marina Beach.
Karunanidhi, a doyen of Tamil Nadu and Indian politics, died on Tuesday evening at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. He was 94.
M Karunanidhi has won 12 assembly elections and was elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times.
Karunanidhi served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for five separate terms in the 1969-2011 period.
DMK president M Karunanidhi passed away at 94 on Tuesday.
On July 31, the hospital said Karunanidhi will have to be remain warded for an extended period owing to age related health issues including altered liver function.
"He was resuscitated and stabilised in the ICU (intensive care unit) and managed by a team of doctors and nurses," the statement said.
“I wanted to come and see Karunanidhiji and stand with him. I met him. He is fine and stable” Rahul Gandhi told media persons after visiting Karunanidhi.
A statement issued by the hospital said that Karunanidhi's condition is now stable and he is being "treated and monitored by a panel of expert doctors."
Karunanidhi, 94, is currently undergoing treatment for fever due to Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) with intravenous antibiotics and fluids.
The three-member delegation, led by TDP MPCM Ramesh, met Kanimozhi, DMK's Rajya Sabha member and party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, and sought support to the motion to be moved during the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
Terming the Law Commissions consultations on simultaneous polls a "futile exercise", the JD-S said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was just "testing the waters" through it with no real intentions of reforms in the electoral process.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: According to DMK, the cost of procuring voting machines would be about Rs 10,000 crore - recurring every 15 years whereas the entire expenditure borne by the Central government for conducting the 2014 general elections was only Rs 3,870 crore or roughly Rs 45 per elector.
Out of 48 regional parties considered, audit reports of 16 are unavailable for 2016-17 on the website of the Election Commission of India (ECI). This includes some major regional political parties like AAP and RJD.
The Governor had said Santhanam would look into “certain immoral” happenings surrounding the lecturer of the Devanga Arts College in Arupukottai in Virudhunagar district.
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