He would have won the Vellore LS seat comfortably as the DMK won 38 of the 39 seats up for grabs in the general election. He has chosen a light portfolio in the new Stalin regime of Water Resources, rather than his favourite portfolio of Public Works (PWD).ĭurai Murugan wisely introduced his son, Kathir Anand, to the political arena in the 2019 LS polls. Durai Murugan is thus seen as the last of the generals that the Dravidian movement has thrown up.Īge is catching up with him and he has not been keeping good health of late. The DMK is worried that the heroes of the Dravidian movement are no longer alive and therefore, there are no real models for the next generation of politicians in the DMK, barring Karunanidhi. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Assembly on the DMK ticket. The DMK has succeeded in persuading the family of K Anbazhagan, who passed away recently, to allow his grandson Vetriazhagan to contest the elections. Annadurai’s family has kept away from politics.
Periyar’s family members, led by his grandson and great-grandson, (EVKS Elangovan and his son) are largely Congress followers. Stalin, of course, represents the Karunanidhi legacy. While the present AIADMK dispensation does not have anyone from the undivided DMK, or the Dravidian legacy of Periyar, Annadurai and K Anbazhagan, Durai Murugan too represents the last in the line of the DMK warriors from the era of the quartet along with M Karunanidhi. Durai Murugan is of the view that no higher honour can come to him than serving the party in a position occupied by Annadurai, the tallest leader of the DMK. Durai Murugan believes that his elevation to the post of general secretary is an honour as it was held by such giants of the Dravidian movement as C N Annadurai (DMK founder) and V R Nedunchezhiyan (number two in the Annadurai, Karunanidhi, and subsequently MGR and Jayalalithaa cabinets). Durai Murugan, always an active politician, obviously chose the second option as he can continue to be a political animal and also have the post of general secretary. Stalin has allowed Durai Murugan to choose between the post of Speaker (which would mean he would have to give up the prestigious party post of general secretary) and ministership with the party post. Durai Murugan and another senior DMK leader K Ponmudy are said to have played a key role in countering the Vanniyar challenge from the PMK and in ensuring that the DMK continued to have pride of place in the northern part of the State. In all, the PMK could win only five seats in the recently-held elections to the State Assembly. The alliance between the AIADMK and the PMK and the provision of a 10.5 per cent special quota for Vanniyar within the Most Backward Community for admission to colleges and government jobs have been by and large defeated by the DMK-led front in northern Tamil Nadu. Stalin would prefer people asking the question Why Not Udhaya, instead of Why Udhaya?ĭurai Murugan hails from the strong Vanniyar community which has a dominant role in northern and north-west Tamil Nadu, where he has used his guile and reach to keep at bay the Vanniyar-dominated Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) that has been trying to grow at the expense of both the DMK and the AIADMK. He has also indicated that Udhaya will have to come up the hard way, step by step, like his father, and that there will be no short-cuts. However, the DMK President and the new Chief Minister, M K Stalin proved all the Doubting Thomases wrong and showed that he backed party veteran Durai Murugan to the hilt. Recently, there was speculation that Durai Murugan may not have a role in the new Cabinet and that he may be made Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly, which would amount to kicking him upstairs.
Old Guard Durai Murugan Keeps Number 2 Position in TN Cabinet No Immediate Jump for Stalin Son UdhayaĬontrary to the speculation that Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister M K Stalin, will have a dramatic rise in the Tamil Nadu government and the ruling DMK, veteran legislator and the party general secretary, Durai Murugan, an orator who holds audiences spellbound with his skill of communication and unique brand of humour, will be the DMK number two both in the new Tamil Nadu Cabinet and the party hierarchy.
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