MKSTALIN

"There is no vacuum in DMK. A vacuum is filled as it is created," said MK Stalin,addressing a party conference in Erode Taking a tacit dig at superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who are seen to have timed their political debuts following former chief minister Jayalalithaa's death and DMK boss M Karunanidhi's age and poor health, DMK leader MK Stalin on Sunday asserted that there was no vacuum, at least not in his party. "There is no vacuum in DMK. A vacuum is filled as it is created," Mr Stalin said at a party conference in Erode. His remarks come days after Rajinikanth,  in his first public speech  after announcing his decision to enter politics, said the state needed a strong leader."When there were two strong leaders like Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, there was no vacuum... Tamil Nadu needs a leader and I have come to fill in," Rajinikanth had said earlier this month.In December, Rajinikanth had announced he would launch a pa...

  MK Stalin, other Congress leaders taken into custody    MK leader M.K. Stalin was taken into custody on Sunday while protesting against the Central government for not setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). Led by Stalin, leaders of Congress and VCK parties protested at Valluvar Kottam here. A large number of DMK activists participated in the event.Addressing the crowd, Stalin said a state-wide shutdown would take place on April 5, blocking trains and buses. Black flags would be shown to Prime Minister Narendra Modi whenever he comes to Tamil Nadu for not constituting the CMB, the party said.Besides Stalin, Congress leader S. Thirunavukkarasar and members of the Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) including party chief T. Velmurugan were also arrested.TVK members damaged a toll booth at Ulundurpettai, around 205 km from here.The Centre has failed to set up the Cauvery Management Board within six weeks of the Supreme Court's orde...

MK Stalin wonders how PM Narendra Modi met OPS but not farmers in Delhi DMK’s working president MK Stalin today wondered how Prime Minister Narendra Modi could meet AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) leader O Panneerselvam but not the farmers or himself, who wanted to take up their cause with him. Stalin said he was not finding fault with the meeting between Modi and the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in Delhi two days back, but sought to know why he had no time for farmers from the state, who had been staging protest in the national capital for long. Panneerselvam was not holding any position now and was only a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) but he was given appointment by Modi on "short notice," Stalin said. "What I am asking is, you (PM) are aware of the plight of farmers who are facing so many difficulties. They held protest in Delhi for almost 50 days."                "But the Prime Minister never gave an appointment t...

MK Stalin Writes To PM Modi, 10 Chief Ministers On 15th Finance Commission MK Stalin said the certain aspects of Terms of Reference for 15th Finance Commission will affect equitable distribution of the central tax revenue.            DMK leader M.K.Stalin on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of 10 non-BJP ruled states expressing concerns on certain elements of the Terms of Reference for the 15th Finance Commission. In a letter to PM Modi and Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Odisha, West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab, he said the fiscal autonomy of many states could be reduced to that of municipalities due to the "ill-conceived" Terms of Reference, which were framed without consulting any of the States.                           Mr Stalin said the certain aspects of the...

DMK, Allies Boycott Tamil Nadu Budget Over Cauvery Issue  DMK leader MK Stalin on Thursday said party legislators have decided to boycott the presentation of state budget for 2018-19 in protest against inaction of the state and the central government in setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB)     Speaking to reporters in Chennai Mr Stalin said DMK legislators wore black shirts as a mark of protest on the inaction in setting up CMB and the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) as directed by the Supreme Court on February16.   Mr Stalin recalled the decision taken at the all-party meeting to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urge him to set up the CMB. However, PM Modi had suggested the all-party delegation to meet the Union Minister for Water Resources   NitinGadkarfirst.According to MK Stalin, suggestion was made to Chief Minister K Palaniswami to convene the assembly and pass an unanimous resolution urging the centre to set up t...

AIADMK must support TDP's no-trust motion: Stalin             DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Saturday said the AIADMK must support the no-trust motion against the BJP-led government at the Centre, utilising the available opportunity and establishing its right for the Cauvery waters. In a statement, he said had his party been in the Lok Sabha it would have announced its decision to support the Telugu Desam Party's motion. Stalin said Chief Minister K. Palaniswami should announce AIADMK's support for the no-trust motion and apply pressure for setting up of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC). Out of the total 39 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha, the AIADMK has 37 members while the BJP and PMK have one each.            Stalin said the Supreme Court on February 16 had ordered the Centre to set up the CMB and CWRC within six weeks of its order. However, the Centre has...

MGR's entry in DMK Party      In 1953, actor M. G. Ramachandran ("MGR") joined the DMK, popularised the party flag and symbol which at that time stood for secession from India by showing it in his movies. MGR was a member of the DMK, and he was seen as an icon of the DMK and spread its message through films like  Adimaippenn  and  Dheiva Thai   produced and scripted by R.M.Veerappan, another strong DMK ideology propagator from C.N.Annadurai school .  DMK entered the electoral fray rather unsuccessfully in 1957 with even senior leader V. R. Nedunchezhiyan losing from Salem although M Karunanidhi won after initially having opposed all-Indian government and later supporting only those parties which promised to help its secession from India cause. Then in 1962 another prominent actor S.S.Rajendran ("SSR") contested in Theni, legislative assembly election, against the then popular congress le...