Dravida Munnetra Kazagham

The law-makers of the DMK were evicted today from the Tamil Nadu legislature after they protested noisily against remarks about their chief.

At the age of 87, politician M Karunanidhi cannot contemplate retirement. The competition between his two sons - MK Alagiri and MK Stalin - remains fierce and divise for their party, the DMK, which is the biggest ally of Dr Manmohan Singh's coalition government.

Three days after he controversially indicated that his younger son, MK Stalin, would succeed him, DMK chief M Karunanidhi has clarified that he would propose the latter's name for the post of president only if he gets a chance. He also said that his remarks on Stalin had been "misconstrued" by the media.

The law-makers of the DMK were evicted today from the Tamil Nadu legislature after they protested noisily against remarks about their chief.

At the age of 87, politician M Karunanidhi cannot contemplate retirement. The competition between his two sons - MK Alagiri and MK Stalin - remains fierce and divise for their party, the DMK, which is the biggest ally of Dr Manmohan Singh's coalition government.

Three days after he controversially indicated that his younger son, MK Stalin, would succeed him, DMK chief M Karunanidhi has clarified that he would propose the latter's name for the post of president only if he gets a chance. He also said that his remarks on Stalin had been "misconstrued" by the media.