CM Kumaraswamy to visit Chennai today

Team Udayavani, Aug 8, 2018, 10:17 AM IST

Bengaluru: After knowing the deteriorating health condition of former CM of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) withdrew services to Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening.

“We conducted a meeting with other senior officers and it was decided to withdraw the services to be on a safer side. We do not want to take any chance and withdrew the service,” the KSRTC officer said.

Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is expected to leave for Chennai today to pay his last respects,

“We have lost a unique personality” in Indian politics, and Tamil Nadu a “visionary leader”, the CM said. 

Terming him a “legend”, the Mr Kumaraswamy said, “Karunanidhi strived for the development of Tamil Nadu throughout his life and built a stronghold for regional party DMK.” DMK workers from the state have arranged buses to carry people to Chennai to pay tribute to the Dravidian leader.