CHENNAI: Former minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday rejected Congress floor leader Tharahai Cuthbert’s charge that the then DMK govt had denied land on Marina Beach for late chief minister K Kamaraj’s memorial, calling the claim “factually incorrect.”Thennarasu cited the assembly records of K Rajaraman Naidu, who was the then leader of opposition, to assert that former chief minister M Karunanidhi had personally ensured Kamaraj was accorded full state honours and made arrangements for his memorial.Responding to Cuthbert’s statement on Monday that the then DMK govt had denied a place on Marina for Kamaraj’s mortal remains, Thennarasu said the Congress leader had presented “wrong and factually incorrect information” in the House.He then read out Rajaraman Naidu’s remarks in the assembly, in which the opposition leader had praised Karunanidhi for giving Kamaraj a fitting farewell “like his own brother.”Naidu had recalled how Karunanidhi personally supervised arrangements overnight at Gandhi Mandapam, braving the rain and working under car headlights, Thennarasu said.
