PM Modi meets Karunanidhi in Chennai, holds talks for ten minutes
Chennai, Nov 6 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met DMK chief M Karunanidhi at his residence on Monday in what is being described as a "courtesy visit."
According to media reports, Modi talked to Karunanidhi for ten minutes before leaving the place.
The meeting between the two leaders set off speculation of a possible alliance ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The PM’s visit comes amid a power tussle within the AIADMK and a day before an “important political announcement” by actor Kamal Haasan.
TV footage showed the PM with DMK's working president MK Stalin outside Karunanidhi's residence in Chennai's Gopalapuram.
Stalin welcomed the PM by presenting him a red shawl. Kanimozhi and Durai Muruga were other top leaders of the party who greeted Modi before his meeting with Karunanidhi.
News18 quoted its sources as saying that this was a courtesy call, as the former chief minister was not keeping well.
Modi, who arrived in Chennai in the morning, attended the platinum jubilee celebrations of the leading Tamil daily ‘Daily Thanthi' before calling on Karunanidhi.
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