MK Alagiri dismissed media reports calling them rumors.
Former Union Minister MK Alagiri, who is the eldest son of the late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, has denied reports that he plans to join the BJP alliance. He also said that he has not made a decision on whether to launch his own political party before the 2021 Assembly elections. His denial comes a day after reports indicated that he is in talks with the BJP to join the party and that he will meet with the Union Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah, when he visits Chennai on 21 November. National Party.
“There is nothing like that. If I am starting something, I will report it. Someone is creating rumors about this. I have already rejected all this news. If we decide something, I will inform you,” he told CNN News18. In an interview with Times Now, Alagiri said: “No one from BJP is in contact with me. Don’t believe the rumors. “
Various news channels had reported that MK Alagiri was in talks with the BJP and will join the party before the 2021 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. There were also reports saying that the former DMK man would float in his own party on behalf of his father M Karunanidhi – Kalaignar DMK or KDMK and that he will be part of the BJP alliance in Tamil Nadu for the next elections.
A source close to Alagiri had told TNM on Monday that their first choice is still DMK. “He has been asking to be reinstated in the DMK for a long time, but they have blocked him. It is not confirmed that he will join the BJP alliance as the thought will not match so most likely it will not happen. A new party will probably start. It has support in Tamil Nadu. Your first choice, however, would be DMK. We cannot understand what Stalin is thinking, ”said the source. Meanwhile, the DMK is scheduled to have a high-level meeting on November 23. However, those close to Stalin, including his son Udhayanidhi, have opposed Alagiri’s return to the party.
MK Alagiri was expelled from the DMK in March 2014 for anti-party activities. He was first suspended in January 2014 and later expelled by then-head of DMK M Karunanidhi. The expulsion came after years of sibling rivalry between Alagari and his younger brother Stalin over who would take the reins of the party. Stalin finally succeeded Karunanidhi after his passing in 2018.
Meanwhile, Alagiri, once the face of DMK in southern Tamil Nadu, has kept a low profile since his expulsion. After Karunanidhi’s death in August 2018, Alagiri had said that he was willing to accept Stalin as his leader if he were to rejoin the party.
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