Udhayanidhi Stalin likely to become Tamil Nadu deputy CM

The ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu is likely to elevate sports minister Udhayanidhi as  deputy chief minister, sources said. This move is similar to that of his father, MK Stalin, who became deputy CM after the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. DMK's youth wing leader and MLA from Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency, Udhayanidhi, was sworn-in as a minister of the DMK cabinet in December 2022. According to the sources, Udhayanidhi was proposed to be made deputy CM twice this year, but that move did not work out. In January this year, the plan to make him deputy CM but was dropped due to the Sanatana Dharma controversy and later due to the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.