Karnataka pays tribute to Karunanidhi

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation withdrew the services to Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening. According to a senior officer in KSRTC, the services from all divisions to Tamil Nadu were stopped Tuesday evening after receiving news that the former chief minister’s health is deteriorating. “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 officer said.

Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is expected to leave for Chennai on Wednesday morning to pay his last respects, sources at the Chief Minister's office said. “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.