IN PICS: Karunanidhi supporters break down in tears as his health worsens

Karunanidhi is one of the biggest leaders of Tamil Nadu and enjoys an incredible popularity. A supporter can be seen crying after getting the health update of Karunanidhi. /Image: PTI

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari meets DMK leaders MK Stalin and Kanimozhi at a hospital, where their father and party chief M Karunanidhi is being treated. The hospital released a statement at 6:30 pm, saying there is a decline in Karunanidhi's medical condition and he will have to be monitored for the next 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

The followers who are immensely devoted to the leader could not control their emotions and broke down in tears after they heard of his critical condition. Image: ANI

Amidst a flood of emotions, his supporters try to keep up the hope, as they wait outside the hospital for more updates. Image: ANI

Karunanidhi, the DMK patriarch, who has massive following, suffered a decline in his health on Monday. His supporters gathered in huge number outside Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital as the hospital released statement about his deteriorating health. Image: ANI

DMK leader Kanimozhi meets people gathered outside Chennai's Kauvery hospital where her father and former Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi is undergoing treatment./ Image: ANI