Stalin and DMK leaders take out peace march to mark Karunanidhi’s death anniversary

Chennai (IANS). Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, his cabinet colleagues and DMK party leaders took out a peace march here on Monday to mark the fifth death anniversary of former chief minister M. Karunanidhi.

The peace rally started from the Karunanidhi statue at Omandurar Estate complex and proceeded to the Kalaignar Memorial at Marina Beach.

In a series of posts and videos on Twitter, Stalin remembered his late father and said: “I grew up watching you. Learned about your policy. I will make your dreams come true.”

All DMK leaders, Ministers, MLAs and MPs and thousands of people participated in the peace march.

Karunanidhi served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for nearly two decades in five terms between 1969 and 2011.

He died on 7 August 2018 at a hospital in Chennai due to prolonged illness and old age related health complications.

Karunanidhi was also a noted writer and was known by the names Kalaignar and Muthamiz Arignar for his contribution to Tamil literature.

He had the longest tenure as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with a tenure of 6,863 days.

He was also a long-time leader of the Dravidian movement and a 10-time president of the DMK.

Karunanidhi’s name also holds the record of never losing in the assembly elections.

He had won 13 times since 1957.

Before joining politics, he worked as a scriptwriter in the Tamil film industry.