Mk Alagiri Election 2014

• DMK Chief's Son, Stalin, Takes Back Offer to Resign; Alagiri calls it 'drama'

  MK Stalin has taken back his offer to resign as the Treasurer of the DMK hours after offering to quit owning responsibility for his party's dismal performance in national election. Mr Stalin was the face of the DMK's campaign, and his party failed to get a single seat in Tamil Nadu.

• Election Results 2014: Expelled Son MK Alagiri Offers No Comment on DMK Debacle

  Though the supporters of MK Alagiri were in a jubilant mood with the DMK candidates heading for defeat in southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the expelled leader today declined to comment on the debacle of the party headed by his father M Karunanidhi.

• Alagiri says he won't contest this election, predicts doom for father's DMK

  Opinion polls have predicted that M Karunanidhi's DMK will not win in this year's general elections, half the seats it had won in 2009. His son MK Alagiri reckons that is a generous assessment.

• Alagiri, benched by the DMK, now expelled by his father

  If MK Alagiri's goal was to be a free agent ahead of the national election, he skipped past the finish line today. He was expelled from the DMK by his father and party chief M Karunanidhi.

• MK Alagiri to start loyalists' mobilisation across Tamil Nadu

  Amid speculation about him campaigning in favour of Narendra Modi after he endorsed the BJP's PM candidate, rebel DMK leader MK Alagiri is soon set to launch a statewide tour to hold consultations with loyalists across Tamil Nadu as he looks to galvanise them ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

• Vaiko meets suspended DMK leader MK Alagiri, seeks support

  In a major political development in Tamil Nadu, MDMK General Secretary Vaiko today met suspended DMK leader M K Alagiri at his residence in Madurai and sought his support for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls.

• BJP warms up to Alagiri, who roots for Narendra Modi as PM

  In its drive to make more friends in Tamil Nadu for next month's national election, the BJP is reaching out to DMK leader M Karunanidhi's estranged older son MK Alagiri, who has come out in support of Narendra Modi.

• MK Alagiri an important person, party would gain from him: BJP

  Cosying up to suspended DMK leader M K Alagiri, BJP today termed him as an "important person" and said the party would gain in the Lok Sabha polls if he extends his support to it.

• Suspended DMK leader MK Alagiri goes soft after party's warning

  Suspended DMK leader M K Alagiri today said he had never worked against the party at any point of time and wondered why the high command had suspended him, hours after it warned its cadres against having any truck with him.

• In references to 'traitors', Alagiri targets younger brother again

  MK Alagiri's attempted detente with his father saw him indicating that he will not launch his own party in Tamil Nadu -not yet, anyway.

• Have to save Karunanidhi from cheats, says Alagiri putting party plans on hold

  The meeting with his supporters in Madurai was meant to conclude with an announcement on MK Alagiri's plan to launch a new party. But in the end, the suspended DMK leader appeared to soften his stand.

• M Karunanidhi being harassed by some forces in DMK: MK Alagiri

  Maintaining that he has been "unfairly vilified" and suspended, DMK leader M K Alagiri today alleged "some forces" in the party were not allowing its chief and his father M Karunanidhi to discharge his functions.

• I have no plans to quit DMK, says MK Alagiri

  Amid speculations that he may float his own outfit, suspended DMK leader M K Alagiri on Saturday said he did not have any plan to quit the party even if he was forced out.

• MK Alagiri, estranged from father and party, offers BJP support

  During his trip to Delhi earlier this week, MK Alagiri, who has been suspended from the DMK by his father, reportedly met BJP president Rajnath Singh and offered his support to the BJP for the national election.

• Without an ally but with an angry brother, MK Stalin launches campaign

  Far away from Chennai, in 32-degree heat, MK Stalin is today setting in motion his party's campaign in Kanyakumari, starting with the southern tip of Tamil Nadu.