Tamil Nadu  Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam have just met the ailing DMK chief M Karunanidhi in hospital in Chennai.  


Palaniswami said, "I have just met him in Kauvery hospital, he is better and is recovering well." The CM had also offered medical assistance for the ailing DMK chief.


The two AIADMK leaders also praised Karunanidhi as a leader of Tamils. "His condition is stable now. I met his family members as well," Palaniswami told reporters outside the Kauvery hospital.


The doctors attending to the 95-year-old political giant have maintained that his vital signs are "normalising". In a late night statement, the hospital said his health was improving and called it a "transient setback".


Karunanidhi, 94, is a five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu and now battling a prolonged spell of ill-health; a urinary tract infection and fever landed the DMK president in hospital late last week.


Image: TN CM E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam outside Kauvery hospital this morning. Pic: ANI.