Stalin’s election as the DMK working president comes at a time when his rival AIADMK also ushered in a leadership change. VK Sasikala, long-time aide to late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, was unanimously elected the AIADMK general secretary last week and is being prompted by a majority of party leaders to take up the chief minister’s mantle as well. With both leaders’ ascension to top party posts, Tamil Nadu is geared up to witness a new political rivalry after decades of the Karunanidhi-Jayalalithaa era.
93-year-old Karunanidhi, who had been admitted to hospital following throat infection and difficulty in breathing, was discharged in the last week of December and is recuperating at home. The general council meet, earlier scheduled for December 20, had to be cancelled after Karunanidhi was hospitalised.
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