Stalin, the new southern star
CHENNAI: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance won the Tamil Nadu elections with a degree of comfort, giving DMK chief MK Sta lin ,68, an opportunity to finally fill the role he has been training for since his teens.
Although Stalin was destined to be Karunanidhi’s political heir, his journey wasn’t easy. Stalin lost his first electoral outing in 1984 from Chennai’s Thousand Lights assembly constituency but won the seat in 1989. For years, Stalin and his now estranged brother MK Alagiri jockeyed for power. But Stalin was able to win the trust of his party cadre. He led the DMK to a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but it is his latest win that will likely cement his standing as an icon of Dravidian politics.→P3