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Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief Muthuvel Karunanidhi’s daughter is in jail. His closest aide former telecommunications minister A Raja is in jail. One of his nephews might go to jail. Complaints have been registered by the state government against his son Azhagiri, about amassing land illegally. It is only natural, then, to ask a question that has been on the lips of many: Is it all over for the DMK? Or, is it in fact too early to start writing political obituaries for a party in a state where a two-party system has been the norm and barring aberrations, a third political party has never had the chance to emerge?
DMK stalwarts can take comfort in hearing that despite how grim things may seem today, this is not, in fact, the lowest point in the history of the DMK. The party reached its nadir in 1991, when, after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, it got walloped at the polls, winning a paltry two assembly seats while losing every single seat in Parliament. Incidentally, the party was also out of power from 1977 to 1989.
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