Karuna takes dig at Jaya over cartoon issue

Chiding her for her statement that the publishing of the cartoon amounted to demeaning the movement and the leaders such as C N Annadurai and E V Ramasamy, he said she was "busy with film shooting" in 1965 when the agitation was on in full swing.

"It doesn't matter if Jayalalithaa issued a statement or not. The overall demand is that a cartoon that has hurt the sentiments of Tamils should not continue in the textbooks. So Centre should not make any further delay and intervene to take steps for removing the cartoon," he said writing in party mouthpiece Murasoli.

Karunanidhi, a key UPA ally, had last week raised the issue and urged the Centre to take steps for removal of the cartoon.