DMK’s family feud took a turn for the worse when MK Alagiri, rebel son of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, reportedly offered to support to the BJP in the upcoming lok Sabha polls.
Alagiri, who was suspended from his party recently, met BJP president Rajnath Singh for about 45 minutes in Delhi. During the talks, Alagiri offered his support for the BJP alliance which also includes DMDK, PMK and MDMK in Tamil Nadu, sources said. However, there was no official word from either side on this development.
The Madurai strongman has considerable influence in about seven lok Sabha constituencies in south Tamil Nadu. He had fielded some rebel candidates against DMK in the 2001 Assembly elections, which caused a lot of damage to the party in about 12 constituencies. The meeting was fixed through a senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu.