Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Tamil Nadu’s sonrise” (January 9). M Karunanidhi, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch, has taken the right decision by anointed his son MK Stalin as the working president of the party.
Stalin, though younger to MK Alagiri, has been fully trained by his father and is also experienced. He has held several political and administrative posts to command grassroots support. As for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, it is unfortunate that J Jayalalithaa failed to prepare a capable and skillful successor.
The situation remains the same in other parties. While some have capable successors, as among Samajwadi Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Biju Janata Dal, the same cannot be said for the country’s oldest party, the Congress.
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was groomed by her father, Jawaharlal Nehru. Rajiv Gandhi too was trained by her mother. But the same cannot be said for the Congress scion, Rahul Gandhi.