CHENNAI, Jan. 5 -- nTill Sunday morning Anna Arivalayam, the headquarters of the DMK in Chennai's Mount Road looked like a beehive of activities. But by evening the ambience in the party office has given way to a sense of uncertainty. What shocked the party leadership and cadre was the announcement from Madurai.
M K Alagiri, the Madurai based son of late M Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister who was also the party chief for nearly five decades delivered a powerful blow to the chief ministerial dreams of M K Stalin, the reigning president of the party who is also the younger brother of the former.
"Stalin can never become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu without my support. My supporters will never let Stalin become the chief minister,"...