After a long time as prince in waiting, M.K. Stalin will finally be DMK king
chennai — M.K. Stalin, virtually anointed as his political heir by the late leader M. Karunanidhi, is all set to be elected the DMK President on Tuesday.
His final ‘coronation’ is expected to be announced formally on Tuesday at the party headquarters when the DMK’s General Council is set to meet.
The election of Stalin as the DMK’s second President is likely to be a smooth affair as all the 65 district secretaries of the party have proposed his name for the top post and his is the only nomination.
He will be the second president of the party, a post which was
held by his father Karunanidhi for 49 long years. Stalin was given the role of Working president in January 2017 after his late father and former chief minister Karunanidhi was largely confined to his home due to age related ailments.
The elevation of Stalin as the party president became a necessity after Karunanidhi passed away early this month.
The 65-year-old son of Karunanidhi will relinquish the post of treasurer and senior leader Duraimurugan is set to be elected unopposed to that post as no other nomination has been filed for that post.
The path to the ascension of throne by Stalin was paved at the party’s Executive Committee meeting held on August 14 where senior leaders one after another urged the ‘waiting prince’ to lead them by taking over the party’s mantle. —