It is being said that there have been various changes in the activities of the DMK chief MK Stalin’s son and ‘actor’ Udhayanidhi Stalin after he was appointed the party’s youth wing secretary. His focus seems to be beyond the activities of the youth wing secretary.
DMK seniors are lamenting over how the junior Stalin has been making statements without consultations and taking decisions without deliberating with senior leaders like Duraimurugan, AV Velu, K.N. Nehru, Tiruchi Siva, etc. Party insiders also mention that Udhayanidhi Stalin meets district secretaries in private and how he isn’t taking on-board leaders of the alliance partners like Congress and VCK.
There are even allegations that Udhayanidhi is interfering in affairs that Stalin as youth wing secretary never did when DMK stalwart M. Karunanidhi was alive, especially in the matter of appointment and meeting of district secretaries. It is being told by party insiders that senior leaders are unhappy over this interference.
Many who believed that Stalin’s rise as DMK chief would give a new energy to the party cadres are now finding themselves putting up with junior Stalin’s activities. Amidst all these ,the DMK chief is still hoping to sit on the CM’s chair soon.