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All eyes on DMK party meeting after MK Alagiri’s controversial statement
After party patriarch’s son Alagiri made a controversial statement on Monday the meeting has gained all attention as a high-voltage drama is likely to happen.
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The DMK party members paid rich tributes on Tuesday to its departed President M Karunanidhi, hailing his contribution to various sectors in the state and the country.
The party recalled his contribution towards social justice, industrialisation, upholding regional autonomy and his role in various national events. Party leaders observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Alagiri, a former union minister, paid tributes to his father on Monday at his grave on the Marina Beach and fulminated against Stalin, whom he accused of blocking his return into the DMK and selling party posts.
Speaking to an English TV news channel, Alagiri said, "Even if I am inclined to re-join the party, they (Stalin and his supporters) are not in a mood to let me in. The DMK will dig its own grave if it does not take me back," he said, adding nobody from the Karunanidhi family was interested in talking to him to facilitate a reunion.
M Karunanidhi had expelled Alagiri from the party in 2014 after a spat with his younger brother M K Stalin over establishing supremacy in DMK.
Stalin has been serving as DMK’s working president ever since M Karunanidhi’s health took a fall.
(With inputs from PTI)
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