Just own a house and 6 crores -TN CM

Also says "his life is an open book"

Chennai: Rejecting allegations of AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa that he had amassed wealth in public life, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday declared his assets, saying he possessed nothing more than a house at Chennai and a little over Rs. six crore deposits in a bank. "It is not true that I came to Chennai penniless. I had started earning even before settling down here....' the DMK patriarch, who has come under repeated attacks from Jayalalithaa, wrote in party mouthpiece 'Murasoli'. He said he had made enough money in his early days as a playwright and scriptwriter for various Tamil films. "I was paid Rs. 10,000 in those days when my play 'Manthiri Kumari' was made into a film by (noted comedian), late N S Krishnan. He later even gifted me a car in Chennai when I won a bet with him," Karunanidhi said. The 87-year-old DMK chief said the house he is now residing in was bought many years ago for Rs. 45,000 and despite his party colleagues insistence, had never stayed in an official residence, either as minister or Chief Minister. "In fact, this house is so small that my children now live in separate homes bought by them," Karunanidhi, whose son M K Stalin is the deputy Chief Minister, said. His second son M K Alagiri is a union minister and Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi an MP.