Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday dismissed as “media creation” the reported differences between him and his elder brother M.K. Alagiri over the succession issue in the DMK.
"It is a creation of the media," Mr. Stalin said when asked about his elder brother Mr. Alagiri’s remarks that the latter could only accept party president M. Karunanidhi as his leader.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Alagiri stuck to his stand that he would not accept anybody other than his father as party leader.
Mr. Karunanidhi, in a bid to put an end to the succession war, had said on Wednesday that only the party had the powers to name a leader and even he could not do so.