RSS leaders call on Stalin,hand over condolence message passed

A team of state RSS leaders Monday called on DMK President M K Stalin at the party headquarters here and handed over to him, among others,a condolence message passed for the late party chief M Karunanidhi, adopted at the saffron outfit's meeting in Mumbai recently.

Seperate releases from both said the meeting took place at 'Anna Arivalayam', the DMK headquarters.

The RSS delegation was led by its state chief Dr K Kumaraswamy, who handed over the condolence message for Karunanidhi, adopted at the RSS' Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM) held from October 31 to November 2 in Mumbai.

"Kumaraswamy handed over the condolence message letter of late Shri Karunanidhi, passed at ABKM held recently at Mumbai, to Shri Stalin," the RSS release said.

Further, copies of the ABKM statement, Coffee Table book of RSS and other publications of the saffron organisation were also handed over to Stalin "for his reading," it added.

The DMK release also mentioned about the condolence message passed for Karunanidhi, who passed away here on August 7 after days of hospitalisation.

In the resolution, the RSS said Karunanidhi's demise "has saddened us all."