MK Stalin (in photo) was the DMK's working president. His father, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, served as the party's president until his death on August 7. (Twitter/@mkstalin)

MK Stalin has been elected president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (DMK), Tamil Nadu's main opposition party.

Stalin, 65, was the party's working president. His father, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, served as its president until his death on August 7.

Stalin filed his nomination on Sunday. Nearly 65 DMK district secretaries proposed his name for the post.

Meanwhile, Stalin's older brother MK Azhagiri, who was expelled from the DMK by Karunanidhi, has said the party will face dire consequences if it fails to reinstate him.

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He has called Stalin an "ineffective" leader.

The Madurai strongman is scheduled to hold a silent rally on September 5 to pay homage to his father.

Stalin had previously issued a strong statement to his brother's show of revolt by saying that he took up the onus of leading the party in the wake of Karunanidhi's demise with the "unshakeable confidence" that the supporters would be with him.

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