After
losing
power
to
AIADMK
in
2011,
DMK
did
not
win
any
elections
for
about
8
years.
Following
this,
the
DMK
alliance
won
a
huge
victory
in
the
parliamentary
elections
held
in
2019.
Udhayanidhi
Stalin's
role
was
seen
as
key
to
this
success.
After
this,
the
legislative
assembly
elections
in
2021
also
gave
DMK
a
huge
victory.
It
was
expected
that
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
would
be
given
the
ministerial
responsibility.
In
this
situation,
about
20
months
after
the
formation
of
the
DMK
government,
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
has
been
given
the
ministerial
charge.
Parties
including
AIADMK
and
BJP
are
criticizing
Udhayanidhi's
ministerial
charge
as
succession
politics.
In
this
situation
today,
the
swearing-in
ceremony
was
held
at
the
Durbar
Hall
in
the
Governor's
House.
Governor
RN
Ravi
administered
the
oath
of
office
to
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
as
the
minister
in
this
ceremony.
After
this,
Governor
Ravi
and
Chief
Minister
MK
Stalin
took
a
group
photo
with
all
the
Ministers.
Following
this,
ministers
and
leaders
of
various
political
parties
congratulated
Udhayanidhi
Stalin.
Speaking
to
the
media
then,
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
said
that
I
will
respond
to
the
criticisms
related
to
succession
politics
with
my
actions.
Answering
a
question
regarding
allocation
of
youth
welfare
and
sports
development
department,
he
said
that
his
ambition
is
to
make
Tamil
Nadu
a
sports
capital.
Produced
by
Kamal
Haasan,
the
film
in
which
I
was
to
act
was
abandoned.
He
said
that
the
film
Maamannan,
which
he
recently
acted
in
the
direction
of
Mari
Selvaraj,
is
his
last
film.
DMK
Party
members
are
welcoming
Udhayanidhi
Stalin,
who
has
achieved
tremendous
growth
in
politics
in
a
short
period
of
time,
after
learning
that
he
has
got
the
ministerial
post.
Former
Chief
Minister
Kalaignar
Karunanidhi's
grandson
and
current
Chief
Minister
MK
Stalin's
son,
Udayanidhi
Stalin,
did
his
B.Com
in
Loyola
College,
Chennai.
His
wife
is
Krithika.
They
have
a
son
named
Inbanidhi
and
a
daughter
named
Dhanmaya.
Inbanidhi
is
currently
studying
in
a
college
abroad.
தமிழக
அமைச்சராகப்
பதவியேற்றிருக்கும்
அன்புத்
தம்பி
உதயநிதி
ஸ்டாலின்
அவர்களுக்கு
என்னுடைய
மனமார்ந்த
வாழ்த்துகள்.@Udhaystalin
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
appeared
in
public
as
a
film
producer
during
the
regime.
He
is
successfully
running
a
film
production
company
called
Red
Giant
Movies.
He
has
bought
and
released
the
films
Vikram,
Don,
Love
Today
through
his
production
company.
At
the
same
time,
Maamannan,
directed
by
Mari
Selvaraj,
is
yet
to
release
in
his
own
production.
Udhayanidhi
Stalin,
who
evolved
into
a
film
producer
and
a
film
actor,
turned
into
a
politician.
DMK
Youth
Secretary
and
Chepakkam
-
Tiruvallikeni
MLA
Udhayanidhi
sworn
in
as
the
Minister
today.
Thus,
Udayanidhi
Stalin
said
'bye
bye'
to
cinema
and
became
a
full-time
politician.
However,
it
seems
that
his
friends
will
continue
to
run
the
Red
Giant
production
company.
Udayanidhi
celebrated
his
45th
birthday
last
November.
Currently,
Madivendan
and
Anbil
Mahesh
are
the
youngest
ministers
under
45
years
of
age
in
the
cabinet.
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
is
now
in
that
line.