Karunanidhi appears in public for first time in a year
October 20, 2017 08:46
After a gap of nearly a year, during which he was hospitalised twice, DMK chief M Karunanidhi yesterday made his first public appearance at an exhibition in Chennai, held to showcase the 75-year journey of the party's mouthpiece, Murasoli.
Clad in a white shirt, dhoti and his trademark yellow shawl, the 93-year old five-time Tamil Nadu chief minister went around the exhibition at the daily's office premises on his wheelchair.
Karunanidhi, who is wheelchair-bound since 2010, has not made a public appearance since October 2016 as he was ill. He was getting medical treatment at home and did not attend any public event as per doctors' advice to avoid any possibility of infection.
The nonagenarian leader spent about 40 minutes at the expo, during which he took a look at a statue of late Murasoli Maran, his nephew and a former Union minister.
Karunanidhi was accompanied by his son and DMK working president M K Stalin and former state ministers Duraimurugan, E V Velu and Ponmudi, besides his other family members.
The expo catalogues the journey of Murasoli, which was founded by Karunanidhi in 1942. The daily celebrated its 75th year jubilee in a grand fashion in August when top actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan attended the event among others.
Karunanidhi fell ill in October 2016 due to a drug-induced allergy.
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