DMK President MK Stalin on Monday paid tribute to his father and party patriarch late M Karunanidhi on his 95th birth anniversary.
Stalin, along with his party cadres, showered the colossal photo of the demised leader with flowers. Karunanidhi, who was Tamil Nadu’s longest-serving chief minister, breathed his last in August 2018 at the age of 94 after battling with the prolonged illness.
தமிழகத்தின் நிரந்தர தலைப்புச் செய்தி; இன்று நிரந்தர உயிர்ப்புச் சக்தி!
தலைவரே! உங்கள் பிறந்தநாள், இன்பத் தமிழினத்தின் பிறந்தநாள். நீங்கள் இருந்து சாதிக்க வேண்டியதை நாங்கள் நிறைவேற்றிக்காட்ட உறுதி எடுக்கும் நாள். எங்களை வாழ்த்துங்கள்! கலைஞருக்கு புகழ் பெரு வணக்கம்!#Kalaignar96 pic.twitter.com/RorFxkLLZb
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) June 3, 2019
One year after his death, Stalin vindicated himself by winning 37 out of 38 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu.
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The 66-year-old leader singlehandedly toured the southern state and led the election campaign with tailor-made programmes to interact with people at grassroots.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance in the state, which includes the Congress, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) along with several other smaller parties has been able to make a clean sweep in the state.
The AIADMK, which partnered the BJP for the general elections, has managed to win just one Lok Sabha and won nine seats in the by-polls.