M K Alagiri

Karunanidhi had expelled Alagiri and his supporters from the party in 2014 at the height of his fight with his younger brother M K Stalin

Former Union Minister and expelled DMK leader M K Alagiri today surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate Court I here in a case relating to alleged grabbing of land and was granted bail till tomorrow.

Alagiri said he was not in the DMK and didn't know about the party's Tuesday meeting

After the death of Karunanidhi, sources in the party said that Alagiri had been mounting pressure through family and party members on Stalin to take him back into the DMK

Leaders said the meeting had no political connotations and asked the media not to "create unnecessary confusion