Veteran DMK leader K Anbhazhagan passes away at 973Photo© zeenews.india.com

Veteran DMK leader K Anbhazhagan passes away at 97

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Chennai: Veteran DMK leader K Anbazhagan passed away here on Saturday following a brief illness, the party said.

Anbazhagan (97), the seniormost DMK leader and a close friend of late party patriarch M Karunanidhi, was not keeping well for some time due to age-related ailments and was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals on February 24 after his health conditions deteriorated, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M K Stalin said.

A nine-time MLA, Anbazhagan was the party's general secretary for 43 years. He had been staying away from active politics for some time due to his illness.