DMK chief and five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Muthuvel Karunanidhi breathed his last at 6:10 pm at Kauveri Hospital in Chennai on Tuesday. He was suffering from age-related ailments and his vital organs were not functioning properly. Soon after his demise, politicians have expressed their condolences.
Let us see who said what:
Ramnath Kovind, President of India: Expressing his condolences, President Ramnath Kovind took to twitter and shared his meeting with Karunanidhi.
M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India: He took took to twitter and shared his condolences.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister: Expressing his condolences, PM Modi too took to twitter and shared his meeting with Karunanidhi.
Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister:
Kiren Rijiju, Union MoS for Home Affairs:
Rahul Gandhi, Congress president: Expressing his condolences, Rahul Gandhi too took to twitter and shared his meeting with Karunanidhi.
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways:
Jagat Prasad Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare:
Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M):
Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab:
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi:
Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh:
Rajnikant, Film Actor:
Amit Shah, BJP president:
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, West Bengal:
Omar Abdullah, National Conference president:
Mehbooba Mufti, People Democratic Party president:
Shashi Tharoor, Thiruvanathapuram MP, Congress:
Sachin Pilot, PCC chief, Rajasthan:
Smriti Z Irani, Union Minister for Textiles:
Biplab Kumar Deb, Chief Minister, Tripura:
Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party president:
Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister, Meghalaya:
Dr. Jitendra Ahwad, NCP leader:
Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh:
Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party president:
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh:
General V K Singh, Union MoS for External Affairs:
Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Human Resource and Development:
Randeep Singh Surjewala, Chief Spokesperson, Congress:
Ashok Chavan, Former CM, Maharashtra:
Dr. Ajoy Kumar, PCC chief, Jharkhand:
N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh:
“Karunanidhi’s death is not only Tamil Nadu but the whole of India. He perennially pays for the progression of poor and marginalized communities. His political career is 5 times as chief minister, 13 times legislator, 50 years as party president and 75 years his political career.”
Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra: