The ensuing Assembly election is likely to see more political heirs step out of their parent’s shadows.
(left) Vijay Vasanth, Udhayanidhi Stalin.
Chennai: With Raj Sathyan, son of AIADMK Madurai strongman Rajan Chellappa, sprouted during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a few heirs, who had kept low so far, are likely to join the prominent ones like Udhayanidhi Stalin of DMK and OP Raveendranath of AIADMK in 2021.
Prominent among them could be MDMK leader Vaiko’s son Vaiyapuri, who is learnt to be planning his electoral debut in the 2021 poll. If sources in MDMK are to be believed, Vaiyapuri is eyeing the elite Anna Nagar constituency, unmindful of the fact that the DMK has been unwilling to apportion even one seat to allies in Chennai.
Even DMK circles are speculating that the party high command could give it a thought if Vaiko personally requests Stalin to allot Anna Nagar. In the same breath, DMDK leader Vijayakanth’s son Vijaya Prabhakaran, who is known for his vitriol against even ally AIADMK leaders, is also said to be planning his electoral debut, hopefully with the backing of one of the Dravidian majors, in a few months. For DMK youth wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, it is a question of choosing the constituency. Unsurprisingly, Udhayanidhi, who has been busy campaigning with a dozen others as a part of ‘Stalin’s voice towards the dawn’, is expected to have a prominent role in the electioneering process this time. Udhayanidhi is understood to be planning to contest in one of the four constituencies—Thousand Lights, Saidapet, Harbour and Tiruvarur.
The heir culture has not spared national parties either. Former KanniyaKumari MP Vasanthakumar’s son Vijay, Congress insiders revealed, was contemplating between Kanniyakumari by poll or an Assembly seat in a Congress stronghold.
Prominent among them could be MDMK leader Vaiko’s son Vaiyapuri, who is learnt to be planning his electoral debut in the 2021 poll. If sources in MDMK are to be believed, Vaiyapuri is eyeing the elite Anna Nagar constituency, unmindful of the fact that the DMK has been unwilling to apportion even one seat to allies in Chennai.
Even DMK circles are speculating that the party high command could give it a thought if Vaiko personally requests Stalin to allot Anna Nagar. In the same breath, DMDK leader Vijayakanth’s son Vijaya Prabhakaran, who is known for his vitriol against even ally AIADMK leaders, is also said to be planning his electoral debut, hopefully with the backing of one of the Dravidian majors, in a few months. For DMK youth wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, it is a question of choosing the constituency. Unsurprisingly, Udhayanidhi, who has been busy campaigning with a dozen others as a part of ‘Stalin’s voice towards the dawn’, is expected to have a prominent role in the electioneering process this time. Udhayanidhi is understood to be planning to contest in one of the four constituencies—Thousand Lights, Saidapet, Harbour and Tiruvarur.
The heir culture has not spared national parties either. Former KanniyaKumari MP Vasanthakumar’s son Vijay, Congress insiders revealed, was contemplating between Kanniyakumari by poll or an Assembly seat in a Congress stronghold.
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