Alagiri challenges Stalin, will fight for party's president post

Asserting that his father and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was his leader, Union Minister MK Alagiri today said he would stand for the party president's post in future if there was a contest.

Asserting that his father and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was his leader, Union Minister MK Alagiri on Thursday said he would stand for the party president's post in future if there was a contest.

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"Ours is a democratic party. I will contest the president's post if there is an election," he told reporters at the airport in Chennai.

Asked whether he would contest against his brother M K Stalin, he said, "currently he is the deputy chief minister. I will contest the party's president post in case there is an election for it".