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Karuna writes to PM, seeks security for Stalin
Karuna writes to PM, seeks security for Stalin, Stalin on Alagiri’s statement, MK Stalin,Karunanidi. Karunanidhi has written to the Prime Minister seeking additional security for his younger son Stalin.
- Everyone has to die some day, Stalin on Alagiri’s statement
- Alagiri had forecast Stalin's death ‘within next three or four months’
- On Friday, Karunanidhi suspended Alagiri from the DMK for indiscipline
Chennai: The stand-out line in today's episode of the family feud in the DMK was delivered by MK Stalin, who declared, "Everyone who is born has to die someday."
The comment is not a study in profundity. It's a retort to his elder brother, MK Alagiri, who reportedly forecast Mr Stalin's death "within the next three or four months" in a conversation held recently with their father and DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
Karunanidhi has written to the Prime Minister seeking additional security for his younger son Stalin.
Hitting out at the party for seeking additional security to his younger brother Stalin, Alagiri said only those who have done something wrong would need more security.
Alagiri said: "My father's tears should fall on my dead body." On the eve of his 63rd birthday, he appealed to his supporters to keep calm and reiterated that he wasn't quitting the party.
The prediction was divulged Mr Karunanidhi, 89, as he explained his anguish over Alagiri's "hatred" for his sibling. "How can a father tolerate this?" Karunandhi asked reporters.
On Friday, Karunanidhi suspended Alagiri from the DMK for indiscipline. The penalty comes after Alagiri has expended years trying to displace his brother as their father's chosen political heir.
Alagiri's infractions have been considerable, but the immediate provocation for his suspension was his open criticism of an alliance that Stalin was trying to nurture with another regional powerhouse, the DMDK.
Alagiri has said the punishment shocked him and is unwarranted. Stalin urged supporters not to burn effigies of his brother.
Stalin is guarded by paramilitary commandos after an alleged assassination attempt at a railway station in 2006 in Tamil Nadu. Alagiri is popular and powerful in and around Madurai in Southern Tamil Nadu.
Over recent years, the rivalry with his brother has created two distinct camps within the DMK, which has been distracting for a party that was voted out of power in 2011, and is now finalising its strategy for the approaching national election.
