Karunanidhi's condition continues to be stable
Chennai, July 30 : DMK President M. Karunanidhi's health condition is stable and his vital signs are normal on Monday, said a party spokesperson.
"Karunanidhi's condition is now stable after a minor setback in the form of breathing problem on Sunday night. The doctors at Kauvery Hospital are monitoring his condition," T.K.S. Elangovan told IANS.
He said the 94-year-old leader who was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been moving his hands and legs and also opened his eyes.
Hospital sources have also said that Karunanidhi had moved his hands and legs and also opened his eyes after he was admitted in the ICU.
Karunanidhi, the five times Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who has never lost an assembly election in the 13 times he had contested, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday at 1.30 a.m. after his blood pressure dipped.
Anxiety about Karunanidhi's health condition reached a peak late on Sunday with all the family members and senior party leaders rushing to the hospital as he developed some breathing trouble.
Later the hospital issued a statement. It said: "There was a transient setback in the clinical condition of Karuanidhi, DMK President and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
"With active medical support, his vital signs are normalising. He continues to be closely monitored and treated by the panel of expert doctors."
Karunanidhi's son and DMK Working President M.K. Stalin has urged the thousands of party cadres gathered outside the hospital to remain calm.
In a statement late on Sunday, Stalin said Karunanidhi's medical condition has stabilised after a minor setback.
The police has been advising the cadres to disperse citing the hospital's statement about Karunanidhi's health condition. According to Elangovan, the anxiety amongst party cadres late on Sunday peaked after sudden deployment of police force in large numbers and the news of Chief Minister K. Palaniswami cancelling his programmes in Salem and rushing back to Chennai.
Chief Minister K.Palaniswami and his deputy O.Panneerselvam on Monday met Karunanidhi at hospital. Speaking to reporters Palaniswami said: "Karunanidhi's condition is stable".
Palaniswami and Panneerselvam met the ailing leader in the ICU along with Stalin and M. Kanomozhi.
On July 26, Kauvery Hospital said Karunanidhi was being treated for fever due to urinary tract infection with intravenous antibiotics and fluids at his home here.
However, after his blood pressure dipped he was admitted to Kauvery Hospital .
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Ensure at least 10 pc increase in voting at each booth: Amit Shah
Nagpur, Sep 24: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asked BJP workers and leaders to ensure that the voting percentage at each polling booth increases by at least 10 per cent during the ensuing Maharashtra assembly elections.
Addressing a party meeting in Nagpur, Shah also asked them to work in tandem with the ruling Mahayuti alliance partners, a leader present at the meeting said.
Shah said the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which addresses the management, preservation, and misuse of Waqf properties, will be passed in Parliament soon.
Shah interacted with key office-bearers of all the 62 state assembly constituencies of Vidarbha region at Suresh Bhatt hall in Reshimbagh area of Nagpur.
Speaking of the resolve to make the country strong, prosperous and safe, Shah listed many achievements of the Narendra Modi-led government, like scrapping Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, constructing the grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and revoking triple talaq.
Former Rajya Sabha member Anil Bonde said Shah emphasized the crucial role of Vidarbha region in the BJP’s success in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.
“Amit Shah showed us the path to victory. He said that the path passes through the Vidarbha region. He has given a clear direction for the party workers ahead of the assembly polls,” Bonde told a Marathi news channel.
Of the 288 state assembly seats, 62 are in Vidarbha region.
A BJP functionary said, “After the setback in the state in the Lok Sabha polls, Shah has asked the party workers to make extra efforts and reach out to the voters with various government schemes.”
“Shah asked the party functionaries to show similar enthusiasm for the candidates of allies and give a strong message that we all are united. He also said that if someone does not get a ticket in the 2024 assembly polls, it is not the end of his political career,” he said.
The BJP won only two of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the Vidarbha region this year. In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP won 29 of the 44 seats it contested. The party won 44 assembly seats in Vidarbha in 2014 elections.
While state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were present at the meeting, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari could not attend it as he was away, party sources said.
BJP workers and office-bearers gathered at the Nagpur airport to give Shah a grand welcome.
Shah’s two-day visit to Maharashtra also includes meeting BJP workers at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nashik, and Kolhapur. During these interactions, Shah is also expected to discuss seat-sharing formula for the assembly polls among the Mahayuti allies.
