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DMK chief Karunanidhi passes away: Tributes pour in from across the country

Top leaders, including President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took to Twitter to offer condolences on the death the DMK patriarch

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi, 94, the five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu and president of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) passed away in Chennai on Tuesday (August 7, 2018). He entered the 50th year as the president of DMK late last month, the longest tenure by a person as head of one of Tamil Nadu's major Dravidian parties. 


"With deep anguish, we announce the demise of our beloved Kalaignar Dr M Karunanidhi on August 7, 2018 at 6.10 p.m. Despite the best possible efforts by our team of doctors