MK Stalin was elected as the president of the DMK on Tuesday, 28 August, at the party's general council meeting in Chennai. Prior to his election, he was the working president of the party.
Stalin had filed nomination for the post of party president on 26 August, the last day for filing of nominations.
Alongside, senior leader and the principal secretary of the DMK, Durai Murugan, was elected the treasurer of the party.
- MK Stalin elected as the new party president; Senior leader Durai Murugan elected as the new treasurer
- A two-minute silence was observed at the DMK general council meeting to pay tributes to M Karunanidhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Somnath Chatterjee, Surjit Singh Barnala and Kofi Annan
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The DMK is more important and bigger than any one individual. I regret that Karunanidhi is not here to see this event happening at this scale.MK Stalin, President, DMK
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