  kannoth karunakaran (july 5, 1918&nbsp;â december 23, 2010) was a politician from kerala, india belonging to the indian national congress party. he was close to indira gandhi and rajiv gandhi.who was k karunakaran?. press trust of india. ndtv. retrieved december 23, 2010 k.karunakaran is the founder of united democratic front(udf) and a coalition government system in kerala state. karunakaran died on 23 december 2010, aged 92, at ananthapuri hospital in thiruvananthapuram. he was suffering from respiratory problems, fever and other age related diseases and had been hospitalized on 21 october 2010. his condition worsened following a stroke and death occurred following a cardiac arrest. his death was confirmed by doctors at 5:30 pm. it was coincidental that his death and narasimha rao's death was on same date. karunakaran had played key role in backing the rao government and later rao had dismissed karunakaran from the chair of chief minister of kerala.karunakaran passes away. the hindu. retrieved on 23 december 2010 his funeral was attended by the then prime minister manmohan singh and the aicc chief sonia gandhi. ==controversies== k. karunakaran was the home minister of kerala during the emergency period. after the emergency, the rajan case rocked kerala politics like no other issue before and karunakaran was forced to step down as the case attracted national attention. it was a habeas corpus petition filed by t.v. eachara warrier asking the state machinery to produce his son rajan (a student of regional engineering college, calicut who actively participated in protests against the emergency declared by the indira government), in court. rajan was allegedly killed by the p
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