Karunanidhi's body to be brought to Rajaji hall for homage

DMK president M Karunanidhi's body will be brought to the stately Rajaji Hall here to enable political leaders, the general public and party cadres to pay homage, the party said.

Karunanidhi's body will be brought to Rajaji Hall in the Government Estate here at 4 AM tomorrow and arrangements have already been made for people to pay their homage, it said.

Tonight, the body will be brought to the departed leader's Gopalapuram residence and placed there till 1 AM tomrrow. Later it will be taken to the CIT Colony residence of Karunandihi's daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi to enable their family members pay homage, the party said in a release.

DMK cadres continue to throng the Kauvery Hospital premises from where Karunanidhi's body is all set to be taken to his Gopalapuram residence.

The late Chief Minsiter J Jayalalithaa's body was also placed at the Rajaji Hall.