CHENNAI: DMK workers , especially those living in Chennai, will miss not only DMK chief M Karunanidhi 's customery wishes this Pongal but also `10, which he used to give them when they called on him at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai.For more than 50 years, it has been the practice for Karunanidhi to distribute brand new `10 notes to party workers on Pongal day . Many party leaders and MLAs treasured the `10 note Karunanidhi gave them as a souvenir. However, if Karunanidhi is unable to carry on the practice, DMK working president M K Stalin may continue the tradition. Getting that note is my main part of the Pongal festival. Only in 2004 he did not give out the note during Pongal as he was in mourning for Maran," DMK Rajya Sabha MP T K S Elangovan told TOI.

Source: Times of India January 14, 2017 00:33 UTC