M. K. Stalin

M. K. Stalin
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office
29 May 2009 – 15 May 2011
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
Preceded by Position Established
Succeeded by Vacant
Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Deputy Durai Murugan
Preceded by Vijayakanth
Working President of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Assumed office
4 January 2017
Mayor of Chennai
In office
October 1996 – October 2002
Personal details
Born Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin
(1953-03-01) 1 March 1953
Madras, Madras State, (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s) Durga
Relations See Karunanidhi family
Children Udhayanidhi Stalin
Senthamarai
Parents M. Karunanidhi (father), Dayalu Ammal (mother)
Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Actor, Politician
Website http://mkstalin.in/

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (Mu.Ka. Sṭāliṉ; born 1 March 1953) better known as M. K. Stalin, is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and Working President of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He is popularly called Thalapathi. He was Mayor of Chennai from 1996 to 2002 and Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 2009 to 2011.[1][2]

Stalin is the third son of famous Tamil Nadu politician Karunanidhi, and was born to his second wife, Dayalu Ammal. Stalin completed his graduation in history from The New College, Chennai in University of Madras.[3] Stalin became the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in the Government of Tamil Nadu after the 2006 Assembly elections. On 29 May 2009, Stalin was nominated as Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala.[4]

On 3 January 2013, Karunanidhi named Stalin as his heir apparent, thus ending a long time confusion about who would take over the party reins after Karunanidhi's death.[5] Stalin was designated as the Working President of the DMK on 4 January 2017.

Political career

M. K. Stalin was born in Madras, now Chennai, on 1 March 1953. He was named after Joseph Stalin, who died later that week. His political career began when, as a 23 year old, he campaigned in the 1978 elections. In 1973, Stalin was elected to the General committee of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

He came to limelight when he was jailed under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) for protesting against the Emergency.[6] Stalin has been elected four times to the Tamil Nadu Assembly since 1989 from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai. Stalin became the city's first directly elected Mayor in 1996.[7]

Stalin was reelected Mayor in 2001,[8] however, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa enacted the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2002, a law that prevents a person from holding two elected posts in the government. This law was applied retrospectively to Stalin's case (he was elected MLA) in a move widely seen as aimed at removing as Chennai's Mayor.[9] However the Madras High Court struck down the law stating that legislative bodies were not "prevented" from making laws affecting the "substantive rights" of persons retrospectively. However, the court held under Madras (now Chennai) City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, a person cannot be Mayor for two consecutive terms though unlike Stalin earlier mayors were not directly elected. Stalin did not appeal in the Supreme Court.[10]

Stalin has been arrested several times on various public issues since he was first arrested in 1975 under MISA, which is close to terrorism and goondas act. severe physical punishment has been imposed on him previously. Karunanidhi midnight arrest in which Karunanidhi, Stalin, Maran, and others were arrested and charged in the flyover scam. This was widely considered to be an act of political vendetta,[11] as the FIR or police complaint was lodged on Friday night and the arrests were carried out only a few hours later on Saturday morning.[12] While the arrests took place in 2001, the chargesheet was only filed in court four years later, in 2005.[13]

Stalin openly accused V. K. Sasikala of Jayalalithaa's death. He said that if Jayalalithaa’s death is probed, she’d be in jail for life.[14]

Elections contested and positions held

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1984Thousand LightsDMK Lost 47.94K.A. KrishnaswamyAIADMK50.44[15]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1989Thousand LightsDMK Won 50.59Thambidurai SSRADK JL30.05[16]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1991Thousand LightsDMK Lost 39.19K.A. KrishnaswamyAIADMK56.5[17]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1996Thousand LightsDMK Won 69.72Zeenath SheriffdeenAIADMK22.95[18]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2001Thousand LightsDMK Won 51.41S. SekarTMC43.78[19]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2006Thousand LightsDMK Won 46.0Adi RajaramAIADMK43.72[20]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2011KolathurDMK Won 47.7Saidai Sa. DuraisamyAIADMK45.78[21]
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2016KolathurDMK Won 54.3J.C.D.PrabhakarAIADMK31.8[22][23]

Dynasty controversy

However, DMK sources and political supporters deny this and say Stalin has come up on his own merit. They say that Stalin has faced a lot of hardship since 1975 when he was jailed under MISA. He was beaten up in jail so brutally during the Emergency that a fellow DMK Party prisoner named Chittibabu died trying to save him.[24][25]

Stalin was an MLA in 1989 and 1996 when his father Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister but he was not inducted into the Cabinet. He contested and became Chennai's 44th mayor but the first directly elected Mayor in 1996. It was only in his fourth term as MLA that he was made a Minister in the Karunanidhi cabinet and his rise is slow and steady. They further point out that Karunanidhi has even expelled his other sons M.K. Muthu and M.K. Azhagiri when they were guilty of wrongdoing.[26]

See also

Filmography

Actor

Producer

References

  1. ↑ Karunanidhi makes Stalin Deputy Chief Minister
  2. ↑ Stalin appointed Tamil Nadu Deputy CM
  3. ↑ India Today
  4. ↑ Stalin named TN deputy CM
  5. ↑ "After me, it’s Stalin: DMK chief Karunanidhi".
  6. ↑ Daily Excelsior... Editorial
  7. ↑ Towards Singara Chennai - Interview with the Mayor - www.chennaibest.com
  8. ↑ rediff.com: Stalin re-elected mayor of Madras
  9. ↑ Mayor's office slips out of Stalin's hand-Cities-The Times of India
  10. ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta: Nation
  11. ↑ rediff.com: Karunanidhi, Stalin arrested
  12. ↑ rediff.com: Personal agenda prevailed over rule of the law: Arun Jaitley
  13. ↑ Chargesheet filed out of political vendatta: DMK - Sify.com
  14. ↑ Quint, The. "Probe into Jaya’s Death Will Get Sasikala a Life Term, Says Stalin". www.thequint.com. The Quint. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1984" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1989" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1989. p. 254. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1991" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1991. p. 27. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 1996" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1996. p. 261. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2001. p. 257. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  20. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2006". Election Commission of India. 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Statistical report on Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2001" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2011. p. 36. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  22. ↑ "The verdict 2016". The Hindu. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 6.
  23. ↑ "Green cover". The Times of India. Chennai. 19 May 2016. p. 2.
  24. ↑ Politics: Special Series; M K Stalin
  25. ↑
  26. ↑ Tehelka - The People's Paper
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