Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi, 95, who was admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai on Saturday, is stable and fine, according to Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy who called on him on Monday.
“I met Dr Kalaignar (as Karunanidhi wants people to address him) and was with him for some time. He is fine and recovering. I also had discussion with leader of the Opposition MK Stalin and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi about Dr Kalaignar’s health,” Palaniswamy told journalists while coming out of the hospital. The Chief Minister was accompanied by his deputy O Panneerselvan, Higher Education Minister KS Sengottiyan and law Minister CV Shanmugham.
Meanwhile, three people died after hearing the news on Sunday that Karunanidhi’s health had turned critical. While two persons died of heart attack at Pollachi and Ootti, a youth set himself on fire because he could not think of a State without Karunanidhi.
later another ministerial delegation consisting of Cooperation Minister Selur Raju and Health Minister Vijay Bhaskar visited the hospital and enquired about the health status of Karunanidhi.
On Sunday night the situation was tense as word spread that the health of the leader had deteriorated. A number of political leaders and celebrities made a beeline to the hospital ostensibly to enquire about the health of the veteran leader.