As a sea of humans buried the late DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, the leader has reminded the people of his final gift to the state.
M Karunanidhi, who joined Periyar E V Ramasamy’s social justice platform when he was a teenager, had in 2010, donated his residence at posh Gopalapuram locality in Chennai for setting up a hospital for the poor.
Karunanidhi, on the eve of his 86th birthday, signed the gift deed donating the house to Annai Anjugam Trust (named after his mother) to run the hospital after his and his wife Dayalu Amma’s lifetime.
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He had registered the house in the name of his sons Alagiri, Stalin, and Tamilarasu, in 1968. After getting their consent in 2009, Karunanidhi had gifted it to the trust.
It was announced that the hospital would be named Kalaignar Karunanidhi Hospital. Former union minister A Raja and noted Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu are among members of the Trust.
Karunanidhi had expressed his desire to gift the house, where he had lived for over five decades since 1955, at a launch function.
In order to enable the house to be used as a hospital, the document regarding the transfer of ownership of the house was registered with the authorities concerned.
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