It may not be the ideal promotion-but it's a big step up nevertheless. MK Stalin, 63 will serve as the Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu if everything goes well. Newly elected legislators of his party the DMK have elected him as the leader of the DMK legislature party paving way for his promotion.
Mr Stalin's party, the DMK, won 89 seats in the recent state election, which was won by J Jayalalithaa, who defeated a 32-year record in Tamil Nadu to become the first Chief Minister to be re-elected for a consecutive term.
Mr Stalin was elected this morning as leader of his party's legislators or state legislators. Till 2006 Karunanidhi was the leader of opposition when DMK was the main opposition party. However in the 2011 elections actor Vijayakanth's DMDK became the main opposition party and Vijayakanth the Opposition leader.
At Jayalalithaa's swearing-in, Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin was seen seated in ceremony in a row towards the end. (PTI photo)
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Yesterday, as Ms Jayalalithaa took oath in a green sari (an acknowledged superstition of hers), Mr Stalin, wearing a white dhoti, was seated in the 16th row, inciting his father to allege a deliberate insult by the Chief Minister to the prospective leader of the opposition.
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