I don't want to beg for parole: Karunanidhi

By M.R. Venkatesh

CHENNAI, JULY 1. ``I do not want to beg for parole,'' the DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, now in the Central Prison here, said in the wake of a bereavement in his family, according to sources in the family.

This was the message he conveyed to his family after Mr. Karunanidhi's lawyer was made to run from pillar to post on his petition seeking parole following the death of the DMK leader's mother-in-law, the former Chief Minister's son-in-law, Mr. Aravindan, said today at their Oliver Road residence.

The DMK leader's wife, Mrs. Rajathi Ammal, has lost her mother and the funeral was delayed on the expectation that Mr. Karunanidhi would come out on parole to pay his last respects to the deceased.

A team of doctors has been attending on Mr. Karunanidhi, whose ``hands are swollen'', said Mr. Aravindan. Though the DMK chief required a specialised diet due to his health problems, ``they are giving him prison food'' as family members were not allowed to visit him in the prison, he added.

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