Gandhi also took the opportunity to heap praises on the late leader, and called him a "democract to the core."
National level leaders of various political parties are expected to attend the function to unveil the life-size statue on December 16
"The Union government is trying to destabilise judiciary, selection of governors. All this has dealt a blow to the secular principle," Stalin said in his first speech as DMK chief.
Taking a dig at Rajinikanth, the AIADMK alleged that he used a condolence meeting to try to graduate from a “part-time politician” to “full-time” one.
Alagiri visited Karunanidhi's memorial at Chennai's Marina beach on Monday. Talking to reporters later, Alagiri asserted that "true relatives" and supporters of his father are with his side.
The party said the award will be a real tribute to the late Tamil Nadu leader's outstanding and exemplary work which had left an indelible mark in history. DMK's Tiruchi Shiva dubbed Karunanidhi the "tallest leader of the country and a Dravidian stalwart".
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Karunanidhi was buried after an unsavoury courtroom battle that his party won to secure for him the final resting place at Marina Beach, a Chennai landmark.
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DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was finally laid to rest at Marina Beach on Wednesday evening.
Big B took to Twitter to mourn former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi's death.
The suspense over the burial place of DMK chief M Karunanidhi has ended as the Madras High Court has adjudged that the Tamil Nadu government must allow the party to conduct the last rites of Kalaignar next to Jayalalithaa and Anna.
Construction of burial pit at Chennai's Marina beach for Karunanidhi underway
Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to M Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall in Chennai
Born on June 3 1924, in a tiny hamlet called Tirukuvalai, Karunanidhi began his political career when he was just 14.
The passing away of Dravidian stalwart Muthuvel Karunanidhi has signaled the virtual end of personality-driven bi-polar politics in the state, dominated by charismatic individuals of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK in the past five decades
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi condoled the death of Karunanidhi and wrote letter to his son MK Stalin describing the Kalaignar as "father figure" who always showed great kindness an consideration to her.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led a sea of mourners in paying homage to DMK patriarch and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi whose DMK won a major legal battle for his last resting place on the Marina Beach
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