Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the court's decision is a huge victory for the DMK and recalled that party chief Rahul Gandhi had strongly supported the idea of a memorial for Karunanidhi on the Marina beach.
Lok Sabha adjourns on Wednesday after Sumitra Mahajan read out an obituary to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
Karunanidhi stood like a colossus in Tamil Nadu politics for several decades. At the Centre, he was the oldest living politician in the front ranks, who had witnessed the freedom movement right up to the alliance politics at the Centre, rivalled only by Akali Dal supremo Parkash Singh Badal.
A legal battle reigns in the residence-court of Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh and Justice S.S. Sundar, on where Karunanidhi, 94, who died on Tuesday evening should be buried.
Paying homage to his father, Stalin penned an emotional poem for Karunanidhi, who breathed his last at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital on Tuesday (August 7) evening.
The mortal remains of Karunanidhi has been laid to rest at Marina Beach.
Karunaindhi, who first became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 1969, following the death of his mentor CN Annadurai was elected four more times as the head of the govt.
Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi have worked together in a Tamil film called Mani Magudam in 1966.
The Ministry informed that the former DMK chief will be accorded a state funeral on Wednesday.
While the Tamil Nadu government declared a week-long mourning over the death of DMK patriarch, stars like Rajinikanth, R. Madhavan and others grieve for the loss and pay tribute to Kalaignar.
Saddened by the news of M. Karunanidhi's demise, all theatres have cancelled movie shows in Tamil Nadu.
Karunanidhi, a doyen of Tamil Nadu and Indian politics, died on Tuesday evening at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. He was 94.
Here's how twitter reacted to the demise of the 'Kalaignar'.
Karunanidhi passes away: A five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital here on July 28 and was undergoing treatment.
M Karunanidhi has won 12 assembly elections and was elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times.
