'Lead us as party President', DMK party meet pledges support to Stalin

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) first executive committee meeting after the demise of its long-term president M Karunanidhi took place at the party headquarters in Chennai on Tuesday.

The urgent meeting of the Executive Committee was called to pass a resolution condoling the death of party President and former Chief Minister M Karunanidi.

The DMK's Executive Committee also made it clear that the party was solidly behind its Working President M K Stalin

The meeting was chaired by party's working president Stalin who is also the Leader of the Oppositon in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

After the passage of the condolence resolution, speaker after speaker including leaders like Duraimurugan, T R Baalu and others expressed their support to Stalin and urged him to take over the party's mantle.