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President Ram Nath Kovind express sadness over Karunanidhi's death

| @indiablooms | Aug 07, 2018, at 07:38 pm

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday condoled the death of southern leader M Karunanidhi and said the country became 'poorer' with his death.

"Extremely sad to learn of the passing of Thiru M. Karunanidhi. A doyen of our public life, as a contributor to the development of Tamil Nadu and of India he has few peers. Our country is poorer today. My condolences to his family and millions of well-wishers #PresidentKovind," the official Twitter page of the President of India said.

M Karunanidhi, a five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu and patriarch of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party, died on Tuesday in a Chennai hospital. He was 94.

He passed away at 6-10 pm, the hospital where he was admitted confirmed.

Considered a powerful political figure in southern India who strode the scene of Tamil politics for many decades after he joined politics from screenwriting in the film industry, M Karunanidhi was a leader of Dravidian self-respect movement. He is survived by his sons, daughters, wives and grandchildren.

He was admitted to a hospital in Chennai since July 18.

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