The upcoming assembly polls in Tamil Nadu state is to see the race of heirs of various political leaders from the state. With Raj Sathyan, son of AIADMK Madurai strongman Rajan Chellappa, emerged during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a few other heirs, who had kept low so far, are likely to join the prominent ones like Udhayanidhi Stalin of DMK and OP Raveendranath of AIADMK in 2021.
Few prominent heirs includes MDMK leader Vaiko’s son Vaiyapuri, who is learnt to be planning his electoral debut in the 2021 poll. MDMK sources believe Vaiyapuri is eyeing the elite Anna Nagar constituency, unmindful of the fact that the DMK has been unwilling to share even one seat to allies in Chennai. In the same line, DMDK leader Vijayakanth’s son Vijaya Prabhakaran, who is known for his vitriol against even ally AIADMK leaders, is also said to be planning his electoral debut, hopefully with the backing of one of the Dravidian majors, in a few months.
DMK youth wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, Unsurprisingly, Udhayanidhi, who has been busy campaigning with a dozen others as a part of ‘Stalin’s voice towards the dawn’, is expected to have a prominent role in the electioneering process this time.It is expected that he may contest one from Thousand Lights, Saidapet, Harbour and Tiruvarur. From the national parties, Former KanniyaKumari MP Vasanthakumar’s son Vijay, Congress insiders revealed, was contemplating between Kanniyakumari by poll or an Assembly seat in a Congress stronghold.
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