Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literature. He was also a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. Karunanidhi is a unique politician and a multi faceted personality. KiranPrabha narrates the interesting episodes from Karunanidhi life journey.

This is Part 13 of the series.

Topics covered in this episode are:

Karunanidhi life sketch from 1996 to 2001

Welfare and development programs implemented by Karunanidhi

Working styles of Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha

Uncertainty in central government

Jayalaitha Arrest

DMK lost on 2001 Elections

More details to be covered in Part 14.