Remember DMK chief M Karunanidhi had made a political statement yesterday appealing to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to save the lives of three convicts facing death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. He had said that the 'young noble man' (Rajiv Gandhi) would have saved them if he was alive.

"Had young leader Rajiv Gandhi been alive today, that noble man would have definitely come forward to save the lives of Santhan, Perarivalan and Murugan, responding to the voice of true Tamils and in accordance with the golden saying of Anna, 'forget and forgive", he said in a statement.

The DMK patriarch had urged Gandhi last week to intervene on the issue, saying appeals by Tamils across the world needed to be considered in the spirit of "forget and forgive".