Alas Dr. Karunanidhi is no more
V. M. Khaleelur Rahman
In the passing away of the political legend Dr. M.
Karunanidhi, the most popular, revolutionary and reformist leader who has
undoubtedly done great service for the uplift of the backward people, not only
Tamil Nadu but the whole India is in deep grief forgetting political and
ideological differences.
As far as the Muslim community in Tamil Nadu is
concerned, the five- time former Chief Minister Dr. Karunanidhi was close with
them and participated in their cultural and educational activities with great
interest, understood their grievances and redressed them to a great extent. He
was responsible in keeping intact the age old cordial relations of different
sections of the people in Tamil Nadu.
He was also a great Tamil poet and orator, the like of whom
are rare. He contributed much for the development of the Tamil language.
Even during the period of the Emergency rule of former
Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Tamil Nadu was peaceful and its impact was
not felt here.
Let us all salute and pay tributes to him. It is hoped
that his son Mr. M.K. Stalin and other DMK leaders will follow his guidelines
for peaceful co-existence of different religious and linguistic people and
development of Tamil Nadu.
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