Tamil Naduchief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday announced that a statue of late chief minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi would be re-installed on Anna Salai in Chennai. A statue of the leader installed on the arterial road earlier was vandalised on December 24, 1987, hours after thenCM M G Ramachandrandied at his residence in Ramavaram Gardens. The statue was damaged in the ensuing violence.

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It was installed by theDravidar Kazhagamin 1975 to fulfill the dream of party founder E V Ramasamy (Periyar) at the junction ofGeneral Patters Roadand Anna Salai in Chennai. It was unveiled by religious leader Kundrakudi Adigal.