Chennai: DMK president M. Karunanidhi had on his 86th birthday donated his Gopalapuram residence to Annai Anjugam Trust to run a hospital for the poor, after his and his wife Dayalu Amma’s lifetime. The trust is run on his mother’s name.
He had donated his residence in 2010. The proposed hospital to come up at the place would be named after Anjugam and Muthuvelar, it was announced. In 1968, he had registered the house in the name of his sons Alagiri, Stalin and Tamilarasu. After getting their consent in 2009, the DMK stalwart had gifted it to the trust.
Former union minister A Raja and Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu are among members of the Trust.
Karunanidhi, who died on Tuesday at the age of 94, had lived in this house since 1955.
In order to enable the house to be used as hospital, the document regarding the transfer of ownership of the house was registered with the authorities concerned.
