Amid challenge from brother Alagiri, Stalin takes over the reins of DMK

Stalin, 65, the third son of Karunanidhi, took over the position of party president at a General Council meeting held on Tuesday in Chennai

Even as a contest for control of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) continues between the two sons of the deceased party leader M Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu’s main opposition outfit’s prince-in-waiting, M K Stalin, has been anointed the president of the party.

Stalin, 65, the third son of Karunanidhi, took over the position at a General Council meeting held on Tuesday in Chennai. This was despite protests from former Union Minister M K Alagiri, Stalin’s elder brother who had been ousted from the party earlier by Karunanidhi.

Stalin has been the DMK’s working president and treasurer for several years now and Karunanidhi had