MK Stalin has been elected unopposed for the second time because the president of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam). The Tamil Nadu chief minister was elected unanimously on the social gathering’s common council assembly on Sunday. He was the one candidate to have filed the nomination for the highest DMK submit, HT had earlier reported.
Visuals shared by information company ANI confirmed the 69-year-old chief greeting the social gathering members following the announcement. He was reported to have acquired a rousing reception by the social gathering members.
In the meantime, DMK leaders Durai Murugan and T.R.Balu have been elected as common secretary and treasurer of the social gathering. They have been additionally the one leaders to have filed nominations for the important thing social gathering posts.
All three leaders – who maintain high three positions within the DMK – had submitted their nomination papers to social gathering organising secretary RS Bharathi on the social gathering headquarters in Chennai.
Earlier than submitting the nomination, Stalin had visited the memorials of DMK founder and former chief ministers CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi, his father.
Over time, Stalin, the youthful son of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, has held a number of social gathering posts, together with that of DMK treasurer and youth wing secretary. He was elected for the highest social gathering submit in 2018 following Karunanidhi’s loss of life.
He later led the social gathering to electoral victories in 2019 parliamentary elections and 2021 meeting elections that introduced the DMK again to energy.
Stalin has additionally been holding discussions forward of the 2024 nationwide polls with numerous opposition leaders.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
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