Stalin Not Ready To Fight By-Election, Prefers To Sit Out TVK Years In Office

Efforts to get DMK supremo M K Stalin back into Tamil Nadu assembly are reportedly on. But right nowhe is reluctant — more in “once bitten, twice shy mood”. His manager Sekar Babu who got elected from Harbour Constituency and had managed Kolathur seat from where former chief minister Stalin lost by about 8000 votes is reportedly offering his seat for the party boss. Stalin is also being persuaded to contest the Trichy (East) seat — which has been vacated by CM Joseph Vijay.  Sources say Stalin is reluctant to try his electoral fortunes — either in Harbour or in Trichy once again.  Both he and his wife Durga feel very gamed by all those who were trying to assist them — from Sekar Babu who managed Kolathur to P.E.N, the election management company run by their son-in-law V Sabareesan. When internal assessment of the loss of Kolathur was done within the DMK, one nagging question was: How did Sekar Babu win while Stalin lost?  The Stalins were equally stunned that P.E.N also gave wrong inputs about Kolathur. Not just that. Durga Stalin was particularly surprised that P.E.N gave inputs matching with state police feedback and intelligence unit reports –it was as if the professional agency was coordinating with government agencies. On his part, Stalin is resigned to the DMK playing constructive opposition, and did not mind some of his alliance partners like the Left Partners and the IUML extending support to the TVK government. At the same time, he was bitter about the manner in which Congress dumped the DMK. He found its MLAs who were elected as part of the alliance did not visit DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam after the result and alleged that the party severed ties with DMK within a day.