M Karunanidhi was the last of Tamilnadu politicians after Jayalalithaa. He has a mass following and never lost an election. The Tamilnadu politics were dominated by Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi.
While Karunanidhi died at 94 , Jayaa died recently at 68. Both of them are from the films and good speakers apart from the personal attraction at their own level.
Kalaignaar Karunanidhi was a popular scriptwriter who rose to the post of the Chief Minister. He has about 60 years of experience in politics. He was born on June 3 in 1924 in Thanjavur now Nagapattinam.
He became popular after leading the Kallakudi agitation in 1953 sleeping the railway tracks.
He became an ardent follower of CN Annadurai and hen founded the DMK in 1949. Karunanidhi joined the party that was born out of the Dravidian movement. This saw the consolidation of the lower casts. Kalaignar rose as a star both in films and politics and the rest is history.
My thoughts are with the family and the countless supporters of Karunanidhi Ji in this hour of grief. India and particularly Tamil Nadu will miss him immensely. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/7ZZQi9VEkm
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 7, 2018
