Superstar Rajinikanth, during his speech at the inauguration of former Chief Minister and legendary actor MG Ramachandran's statue, spoke both about him as well as former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

He stated, "MGR was a person who prevented Karunanidhi from coming to power in Tamil Nadu for a whopping 13 years. On the other hand, Karunanidhi was a person who kept his party intact for the 13 years that it was not in power."

He also added an important point about the Tamil language. "Simply speaking Tamil is not enough to help the language grow. Tamilians must grow for Tamil to grow."