MK Stalin has filled Kalaignar’s place in politics, says Thirumavalavan
5 years, 4 months ago

MK Stalin has filled Kalaignar’s place in politics, says Thirumavalavan

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: The VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan, MP, on Saturday expressed the view that DMK president M K Stalin has “filled Kalaignar M Karunanidhi's place” in politics and was leading the DMK in a “right and successful way”. Speaking to reporters at DMK headquarters here after meeting Mr. Stalin and getting his blessings on his 57th birthday, the Dalit leader said he welcomed the Tamil Nadu government's decision that students should not wear colour bands that denoted their respective caste in schools. STALIN's DIG AT CM: Mr. Stalin, who later in the evening participated at a function here to celebrate former Chief Minister K Kamaraj's birth anniversary, took a dig at Chief Minister, Edappadi K Palaniswami, who had taunted the former's visit to rain-hit Nilgiris district as a 'publicity stunt'. I urge Thiru Edappadi K Palaniswami to come with me to any village and see for himself who is better known and recognised by the people,” Stalin quipped.

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'I know Thirumavalavan's heart well': Stalin admires VCK's support to DMK
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'I know Thirumavalavan's heart well': Stalin admires VCK's support to DMK

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed deep mutual admiration for Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol Thirumavalavan after the latter recently confirmed the decision to back the ruling DMK in the 2026 Assembly election. In a message to party cadres on Sunday, Stalin fondly remarked that he understood Thirumavalavan’s feelings and thoughts, and appreciated the VCK leader’s continued support. “I …

NTK chief warns Stalin of Jagan Reddy's fate over naming schemes after father
1 month, 4 weeks ago

NTK chief warns Stalin of Jagan Reddy's fate over naming schemes after father

India Today  

Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman weighed in on the ongoing controversy regarding state welfare schemes named after late DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. Seeman warned that following the transfer of power in Tamil Nadu to a ‘Tamizhan’, the ruling party of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will face the same fate as Jaganmohan Reddy of Telangana. Seeman’s comments came at a time when …

Tamil Nadu's Welfare Programs: A Model for Other States
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu's Welfare Programs: A Model for Other States

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu is lauded for its welfare programmes, with Deputy Chief Minister Udayanidhi Stalin highlighting the success of the ₹1,000 Kalaingnar Magalir Urimai Thittam (KMUT). The state stands as a role model for other States in implementing welfare schemes, with many other States closely watching its implementation.

DMK Youth Wing Calls for Caste-free Spirituality, Condemns BJP, Governor
4 months ago

DMK Youth Wing Calls for Caste-free Spirituality, Condemns BJP, Governor

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: The DMK’s students wing called for stopping the spread of caste and communal hatred in the name of spirituality, which has become a modern trend, and for creating a scientifically tempered egalitarian society, as enjoined by the Constitution, by sowing the ideas of rationalism among students. A special resolution passed at the meeting of the youth wing’s coordinators and …

Watch: The DMK-BJP bonhomie | Focus Tamil Nadu
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch: The DMK-BJP bonhomie | Focus Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Two factors have contributed to this talk about the DMK and the BJP getting closer. First, the decision of Chief Minister MK Stalin to attend the At Home reception or tea party hosted by Governor RN Ravi on Independence Day. The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai, among other things, accused the Governor of consistently trying to obstruct the …

Tamil Nadu's DMK: The sunrise party prepares for yet another son-rise
5 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu's DMK: The sunrise party prepares for yet another son-rise

Hindustan Times  

When DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi appointed his son M K Stalin as general secretary of the party's newly revamped youth wing in 1982, critics termed it a ‘son rise’ in the Dravidian outfit. However, ever since the Lok Sabha election results were out and the INDIA block involving DMK made a grand sweep of all the seats from the state, …

5 facts about Udhayanidhi Stalin who is likely to be Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister
5 months, 3 weeks ago

5 facts about Udhayanidhi Stalin who is likely to be Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK government in Tamil Nadu is likely to elevate sports minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to deputy chief minister. DMK party cadres and leaders want the Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin's son to become the deputy chief minister, a move which will be a “huge advantage” for the party in the 2026 assembly elections, …

Udhayanidhi Stalin elevation as MK Stalin's deputy on cards? DMK leader drops hint
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Udhayanidhi Stalin elevation as MK Stalin's deputy on cards? DMK leader drops hint

Hindustan Times  

A DMK leader has called for the elevation of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi Stalin, to the position of the deputy chief minister of the state. Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin DMK Organising Secretary R S Bharathi said the party's workers and leaders want Udhayanidhi's elevation. The remark comes amid speculation that Udhayanidhi Stalin will be elevated …

Legacy of Karunanidhi and the future of DMK
7 months, 1 week ago

Legacy of Karunanidhi and the future of DMK

Hindustan Times  

It is significant to recall the legacy of Karunanidhi as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its leadership is faced with the twin challenges of transition from within and the political challenge from the Edappadi Palaniswami-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the desperate resistance from the Bharatiya Janata Party from outside. There are emerging signs of the end of …

DMK harnessing its youth power
1 year, 1 month ago

DMK harnessing its youth power

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Setting its eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the DMK, in a new stratagem, is harnessing its youth power by educating, rejuvenating, and reorienting its youth and students wings through rallies, conferences, and workshops with a view to turning the members of those two brigades into frontline fighters in the electoral battle. As a part of the multifaceted …

Watch | MK Stalin's son Udhayanidhi rides bike as DMK flags off youth wing rally from Kanyakumari
1 year, 1 month ago

Watch | MK Stalin's son Udhayanidhi rides bike as DMK flags off youth wing rally from Kanyakumari

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu: The DMK Youth Wing on Wednesday flagged off its bike campaign rally from Kanyakumari on the occasion of the party's young wing conference. Tamil Nadu sports minister and DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin drove the bike and inaugurated the rally. In another development, the ruling DMK's official organ 'Murasoli' alleged that Governor RN Ravi's speeches in public …

M Karunanidhi's centenary starts at Thiruvarur on June 3
1 year, 9 months ago

M Karunanidhi's centenary starts at Thiruvarur on June 3

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The year-long celebrations to mark the centenary of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will kick start on June 3 at Thiruvarur with national leaders from various parties taking part in the inauguration of ‘Kalignar Kottam,’ a memorial premises with a museum and kalyana mandapam, and a conference attended by DMK’s alliance party leaders. The decision to make the celebrations …

Stalin files papers for DMK chief post
2 years, 3 months ago

Stalin files papers for DMK chief post

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin filed his nomination seeking a second term as DMK president with the party organization secretary R S Bharathi at Anna Arivalayam on Friday amidst the cheers of leaders, functionaries and cadre who had gathered in large numbers to celebrate the moment. Ahead of driving to the party headquarters to file his nomination for the …

Tamil Nadu CM pays floral tributes to Karunanidhi on 98th birth anniversary
2 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM pays floral tributes to Karunanidhi on 98th birth anniversary

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday paid floral tributes to his father and Dravidian stalwart M Karunanidhi on his 98th birth anniversary in the state capital Chennai. Pictures shared by news agency ANI showed chief minister Stalin leading the celebrations of his late father's birth anniversary along with other leaders of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Pictures shared …

DMK to conduct ‘Dravidian model’ training camps
2 years, 7 months ago

DMK to conduct ‘Dravidian model’ training camps

The Hindu  

A meeting of the DMK district secretaries on Saturday decided to conduct ‘Dravidian model’ training camps across Tamil Nadu to inculcate in the present generation the Dravidian values and Chief Minister M.K. A resolution adopted at the meeting, chaired by Mr. Stalin, said the camps would mark the centenary of late Chief Minister ‘Kalaignar’ that would fall in 2023. “He …

Stalin to Drop Cases Against Kudankulam Protesters Among Others
3 years, 6 months ago

Stalin to Drop Cases Against Kudankulam Protesters Among Others

News 18  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday his government will withdraw cases against those who took part in protests, including the Chennai-Salem highway, the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, and the hydrocarbon extraction in the Delta region. “Arignar Anna was a progression of the Justice Party, and M Karunanidhi was a profession of Anna, and I’m a progression of …

Meet First Transwoman Ever to be Appointed as Member of Tamil Nadu Advisory Committee
3 years, 7 months ago

Meet First Transwoman Ever to be Appointed as Member of Tamil Nadu Advisory Committee

News 18  

In view of striking a gender balance, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recently revamped the state development policy committee and appointed 10 new members including Narthaki Nataraj, who identifies as a transgender and industrialist Mallika Srinivasan part-time members. As MK Stalin-led DMK formed government in Tamil Nadu, the political game in the state has started to witness many twists …

Tamil Nadu gets Wall Street veteran and MIT graduate as finance minister in Stalin's cabinet
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu gets Wall Street veteran and MIT graduate as finance minister in Stalin's cabinet

India Today  

After securing a massive victory in the 2021 Assembly election, the DMK has formed the government in Tamil Nadu with MK Stalin taking the oath as the chief minister on May 7. For the finance ministry in Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin chose Madurai Central MLA Palanivel Thiagarajan -- an MBA in Finance from the Sloan School of Management at MIT …

Next to DMK founder Annadurai's picture, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin uses Karunanidhi's pen to sign orders
3 years, 8 months ago

Next to DMK founder Annadurai's picture, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin uses Karunanidhi's pen to sign orders

India Today  

DMK chief MK Stalin was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu on May 7 after his party managed to win 133 out of 234 seats in the recently-concluded assembly election. A first-time chief minister, MK Stalin, then visited his father’s memorial and that of DMK founder CN Annadurai before making his way to the Tamil Nadu Secretariat. …

DMK Chief MK Stalin Takes Oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for First Time
3 years, 8 months ago

DMK Chief MK Stalin Takes Oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for First Time

News 18  

DMK president MK Stalin on Friday took oath as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time. The Governor on Wednesday appointed Stalin, 68, as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and invited him to form the government after he staked claim, submitting a letter on his election as legislature party leader. Party veteran and general secretary Duraimurugan, who had …

DMK Old Guards to Make a Comeback in Tamil Nadu Cabinet, CM-elect MK Stalin Keeps Home
3 years, 8 months ago

DMK Old Guards to Make a Comeback in Tamil Nadu Cabinet, CM-elect MK Stalin Keeps Home

News 18  

A number of veterans of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will make a comeback to the Tamil Nadu cabinet along with MK Stalin who would be sworn-in as the chief minister at the Raj Bhavan on Friday. Party old guards like Duraimurugan, KN Nehru, and M Subramanian will be given key portfolios in the new cabinet, while over a dozen shall …

DMK's Udhayanidhi Stalin makes victorious poll debut in Chepauk, trolls BJP with a brick
3 years, 8 months ago

DMK's Udhayanidhi Stalin makes victorious poll debut in Chepauk, trolls BJP with a brick

India Today  

Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of DMK president MK Stalin, has won his first assembly election. Throughout his election campaign, Udhayanidhi Stalin carried this brick at his election rallies and displayed it promptly to attack the ruling AIADMK for allegedly no fulfilling its promise of setting up an AIIMS in Madurai. On Sunday, taunting the AIADMK and the BJP, Udhyanidhi Stalin tweeted …

Tamil Nadu Assembly election sees DMK's sun rise and son rise in Stalin
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly election sees DMK's sun rise and son rise in Stalin

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu Assembly election was a litmus test for DMK chief MK Stalin to see whether voters accept him as the political heir of Karunanidhi. AIADMK won the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, bagging 136 seats, while the DMK came second with 98 seats despite having a vote share above 40 per cent. Tamil Nadu: How top candidates are …

MK Stalin's Silence Does All The Talking As DMK Leader Ascends To Newer Heights In Tamil Nadu Politics
3 years, 8 months ago

MK Stalin's Silence Does All The Talking As DMK Leader Ascends To Newer Heights In Tamil Nadu Politics

News 18  

One of the most defining qualities of MK Stalin is the way he reacts to threats to his throne – the moves and manoeuvres that have sought to dislodge him from the position of power he holds within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Ever since Kalaignar Karunanidhi weakened his hold on the party — it started at least a couple of …

Why Stalin won
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Stalin won

India Today  

Sixty eight-year-old Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is poised to be the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu. His Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -steered Secular Progressive Alliance notched a comfortable majority though, barring the Congress, CPI, CPI and the VCK, the others among the 12 electoral allies did not win a single seat. Little wonder, therefore, that the DMK manifesto promises that Tamil …

DMK's chaiwala moment? How A Raja gave momentum to EPS's 'farmer's son' narrative against Stalin
3 years, 9 months ago

DMK's chaiwala moment? How A Raja gave momentum to EPS's 'farmer's son' narrative against Stalin

India Today  

In the run-up to the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in 2016, MK Stalin on the prodding of his then political consultant K Sunil, had shed his trademark veshti. But then came the Andimuthu Raja speech at a public meeting in Chennai last week, one that threatened to be the DMK's chaiwala moment of 2021. For those who turned up …

'Karunanidhi did not trust Stalin, how will people’: Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami’s dig ahead of polls
3 years, 9 months ago

'Karunanidhi did not trust Stalin, how will people’: Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami’s dig ahead of polls

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami on Sunday took a dig at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s MK Stalin saying his father late Karunanidhi didn’t believe him, how will people of the state trust him. Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami addressing a rally in Tiruvannamalai on Sunday. Palaniswami’s statement comes on a day when Stalin said that even if the …

Thiruvalluvar's Portrait in CBSE Textbook Draws Flak from DMK Chief M K Stalin
3 years, 10 months ago

Thiruvalluvar's Portrait in CBSE Textbook Draws Flak from DMK Chief M K Stalin

News 18  

The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday took strong exception to a depiction of Tamil savant Thiruvalluvar in CBSE Class 8 Hindi textbook, in saffron robes, with holy ash smeared on his forehead and arms. The saint-poet, who authored Tamil treatise 'Thirukkural',is depicted as having a single knotted hair lock at the centre of his head and wearing rudraksha …

DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin Arrested on Second Day of Campaign in Nagapattinam
4 years, 1 month ago

DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin Arrested on Second Day of Campaign in Nagapattinam

News 18  

DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin was arrested here on the second day of his party’s 75-day campaign ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections due early next year. When he returned to the shore, a police team led by Nagapattinam Additional Superintendent of Police arrested Udhayanidhi for allegedly violating social distancing norms of the COVID-19 pandemic and for carrying …

DMK Hits Out at Centre for 'Stifling' Democracy, Mocks at AIADMK Govt for 'Usurpation of All Rights'
4 years, 5 months ago

DMK Hits Out at Centre for 'Stifling' Democracy, Mocks at AIADMK Govt for 'Usurpation of All Rights'

News 18  

DMK chief MK Stalin on Thursday exhorted cadres to tirelessly work for victory of the party in the Assembly election next year and dedicate it to late patriarch M Karunanidhi. On the eve of Karunanidhi's second death anniversary, Stalin, in a letter to party workers, accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of "stifling" democracy, and ridiculed the AIADMK regime …

DMK protests against saffronisation of Thiruvalluvar by BJP
5 years, 2 months ago

DMK protests against saffronisation of Thiruvalluvar by BJP

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's literary wing held a protest in Chennai against the saffronisation of Thiruvalluvar and the vandalism of the Thiruvalluvar statue in Thanjavur. DMK literary wing's leader R Indira Kumari, who was leading the protest, said, "As our leader MK Stalin told, we condemn this saffronisation of Thiruvalluvar. Soon after PM Narendra Modi released the Thirukkural in Thai language …

AIADMK held no condolence meet for Jayalalithaa: MK Stalin
5 years, 3 months ago

AIADMK held no condolence meet for Jayalalithaa: MK Stalin

Deccan Chronicle  

ERODE: In remarks that could stoke fresh political controversies, the DMK president M K Stalin said here that his late father and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was unfairly jailed during the anti-Hindi agitation, even as he regretted that ruling AIADMK has not held a formal condolence meeting for former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa even two years after her demise …

DMK MPs advised to serve people
5 years, 4 months ago

DMK MPs advised to serve people

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: DMK president M. K. Stalin on Thursday has advised all his party MPs’ to fully engage themselves to go their constituencies, meet people and redress their grievances by taking them up with the concerned officials. Stalin at a meeting of DMP MPs’ at the party headquarters ‘Anna Arivalayam’ here, also called upon them to communicate the issues raised in …

DMK a family-centric party: Edappadi K Palaniswami
5 years, 5 months ago

DMK a family-centric party: Edappadi K Palaniswami

Deccan Chronicle  

VELLORE | CHENNAI: On the second day of their electioneering for the August 5 Lok Sabha election from Vellore constituency, both the AIADMK leader and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and the DMK president MK Stalin stepped up their campaign heat, in a clear indication that stakes are high for both parties. Campaigning in Gudiyatham and nearby places in Vellore …

Stalin reclaims Kalaignar’s legacy
5 years, 7 months ago

Stalin reclaims Kalaignar’s legacy

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Rarely does politics gifts its practitioners with both hands. Being the first major election he has led after his father and party patriarch M Karunanidhi’s demise in August last year, the DMK-Congress combine virtually sweeping all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, is first and foremost an affirmation of Mr. Stalin’s “unquestioned leadership” of the party …

Rahul Gandhi bhakt MK Stalin not to meet KCR
5 years, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi bhakt MK Stalin not to meet KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: A day after the DMK indicated that its president MK Stalin will meet Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao here on May 13, the party has now indicated the meeting will not happen. While the DMK is reluctant to provide further details on why the all-important meeting was called off, other sources insisted that Stalin had initially agreed to …

M K Stalin lacks etiquette, says CM Edappadi K Palaniswami
5 years, 8 months ago

M K Stalin lacks etiquette, says CM Edappadi K Palaniswami

Deccan Chronicle  

Namakkal: Bemoaning that DMK leader M K Stalin lacked even common etiquette in his campaign speeches, the AIADMK senior leader and Chief Minister, Edappadi K Palaniswami said the former was speaking indiscreetly as his “dreams of toppling the AIADMK government is not coming true” in this election. Mr. Palaniswami faulted the Kongu outfit, KMDK candidate, contesting Namakkal as part of …

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