Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the 95-year-old chief of the DMK who is undergoing treatment in a corporate hospital in Chennai since last Saturday due to old-age related ailments had an important visitor on Sunday. Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, flew down to Chennai to call on the grand old man of Indian politics and wish him well. The President spent about 20 minutes in the hospital and wished Karunanidhi well.
“Visited Thiru M. Karunanidhi in Chennai, met Kalaignar’s family members and doctors, and inquired about his health. Wishing the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a veteran of our public life, a quick recovery,” the President tweeted after the visit. He was accompanied by Governor Banwarilal Purohit to the hospital where Karunanidhi’s children M K Stalin and M K Kanimozhi briefed President Kovind about the condition of Karunanidhi.
The crowd which had thronged the Kauvery Hospital premises during the initial days of the DMK chief’s hospitalization bas come down drastically as the general feeling is that his condition has improved. Durai Murugan, deputy leader of the DMK in the legislative assembly, told a private TV channel that Karunanidhi was getting well soon and he would be back home in three or four days.