M Karunanidhi's death: DMK moves HC for space on Marina Beach for memorial

A controversy erupted after the Tamil Nadu government rejected DMKs demand for allotting space on the Marina beach for the burial of M Karunanidhi and offered space near the memorials of former chief ministers C Rajagopalachari and K KamarajOpposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi Sitaram Yechury and D Raja besides actor Rajinikanth backed the DMKs demand The development came on a day when a PIL filed in the Madras HC seeking to restrain the Corporation of Greater Chennai from permitting any burial of bodies on the Marina Beach was dismissed as withdrawn on TuesdayDravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters vandalise barricades as they react to the news of party president M Karunanidhis death in Chennai on Tuesday PicsPTIAFPDMK moves court Hours after the governments announcement the party moved the Madras HC challenging its decision Senior counsel for DMK P Wilson and Saravanan went to acting Chief Justice of the Madras HC Huluvadi G Rameshs residence and sought permission to move an urgent motion The acting chief justice directed them to serve notice on the advocate general saying he would hear the case at his residence The hearing was on at the time of going to pressAn era comes to an end Hugely influenced by the rationalist and egalitarian ideology of E V Ramasamy Periyar and the states first chief minister C N Annadurai Karunanidhi becomes one of the most enduring mascots of the Dravidian Movement Elected to the Legislative Assembly 13 times Karunanidhi outmanoeuvres V R Nedunchezhian to become the chief minister for the first time in February 1969 M G Ramachandran his junior supports him in his endeavour to edge past Nedunchezhian Years later the two parts ways with MGR as Ramachandran was popularly called forming the AIADMK Karunanidhi becomes the DMK chief in July 1969 He again becomes the chief minister in 1971 1989 1996 and 2006 He again loses power to MGRs protegee Jayalalithaa in 2011 Alongside Annadurai who also had a film and theatre background Karunanidhi uses the medium for furthering his political ideology A big political jolt for Karunanidhi comes when MGR rebels against him in 1972 accusing him of corruption and demands details of the partys finances MGR leads AIADMK to victory in the partys debut assembly polls in 1977 and in 1980 and 1985 He was the chief minister till his death in 1987 forcing Karunanidhi to cool his heels in the OppositionKarunanidhi comes back to power in 1989 only to lose to J Jayalalithaa MGRs protegee in 1991 He leads DMK to victory in 1996 but AIADMK under Jayalalithaa trumps his party once again in 2001 The Thalaivar strikes back wresting power from her in 2006 but the DMK loses successive assembly polls in 2011 and 2015 to the AIADMKStay calm StalinDMK working president M K Stalin urged all his party cadres to maintain discipline following the death of his father M KarunanidhiDo not give room for untoward incidents maintain peace he saidAlso readM Karunanidhi passes away Rajinikanth R Madhavan Riteish Deshmukh pay tributeCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever