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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1951)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}{{Indian name|Alagiri|Muthuvel Karunanidhi}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. K. Alagiri
| image = MKAlagiri.jpg
| caption = Alagiri in June 2009
| office = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| term_start = 28 May 2009
| term_end = 21 March 2013
| president = [[Pratibha Patil]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| successor = [[Srikant Kumar Jena]], MoS (I/C)
| constituency = [[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 1 June 2009
| term_end1 = 18 May 2014
| 1blankname1 = Leader of the House
| 1namedata1 = {{ubl|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]|[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]}}
| predecessor1 = [[P. Mohan]]
| successor1 = [[R. Gopalkrishnan]]
| constituency1 = [[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]
| birth_name = Muthuvel Karunanidhi Alagiri
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|01|30}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras State]], [[India]] {{smaller|(present-day [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]])}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazagham]] {{small|(until 2000 & 2001 - 2014)}}
| spouse = Kanthi Alagiri <ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hearing-in-alagiri-firm-case-adjourned/articleshow/10046202.cms | title=Hearing in Alagiri firm case adjourned | newspaper=The Times of India | date=20 September 2011 }}</ref> (m. 1972)
| relations = • M. K. Selvi (younger sister) • [[M. K. Stalin]] (younger brother) • M. K. Tamilarasu (younger brother)
| children = [[Dayanidhi Azhagiri]] Anjugaselvi Kayalvizhi
| parents = [[Karunanidhi]] Dayalu Ammal
| residence = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
}}

'''Muthuvel Karunanidhi Alagiri''' (born 30 January 1951), commonly known as '''M. K. Alagiri''', is an Indian politician from [[Tamil Nadu]] and was a Union [[Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Cabinet Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] from 28 May 2009 to 20 March 2013. He is the second son of the former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], [[M. Karunanidhi]] and his second wife Dayalu Ammal and the head of South Zone of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazagham]] (up to 2014).

==Early life==
Alagiri is the second son of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and his second wife Dayalu Ammal. Karunanidhi named his son after his mentor, [[Pattukkottai Alagiri]].<ref>{{Cite news|editor1-last= |author2=|title=Give Tamil names to children: Stalin |date=24 Jan 2022 |quote= My brother Alagiri was named after Pattukottai Alagirisamy, who, Kalaignar said, had inspired him to become a public speaker.|publisher=DT Next |url=https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2022/01/23/give-tamil-names-to-children-stalin }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=[[M. Karunanidhi]] |author2=|title=Nenjukku Needhi
|volume=3 |year=1975|page=301| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4f0MAAAAIAAJ}}
</ref> He is believed{{by whom|date=April 2019}} to have spent his early life under the tutelage of his father and after his marriage on 10 December 1972, settled in [[Madurai]]. His wife is Kanthi Alagiri<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-09-20 |title=Hearing in Alagiri firm case adjourned |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hearing-in-alagiri-firm-case-adjourned/articleshow/10046202.cms |access-date=2023-08-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and they have three children, two daughters Kayalvizhi and Anjugaselvi, and a son, [[Dayanidhi Azhagiri]]. Alagiri graduated from the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] in Chennai with a B.A. degree.

==Role in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam==
Karunanidhi always appeared to prefer his younger son, [[M. K. Stalin]], [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]<ref>{{cite news|title=DMK's sonny-come-lately|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Ne051306up_close.asp|work=Tehelka|date=13 May 2006|access-date=14 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911130612/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Ne051306up_close.asp|archive-date=11 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Alagiri shifted his base to Madurai during 1989 and did not hold any post officially in the party. In spite of holding no posts, he was all in command in the Madurai region and senior leaders in the party were unhappy about the factionalism created within the party. The DMK general secretary, K. Anbazhagan, in 2001, directed the party men not to have any contact with Alagiri. During the period of 2008, Alagiri was instrumental in the party winning three by-elections, the notable of which was [[Thirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirumangalam]], where the party won with a massive difference. Based on the victory, Alagiri was appointed as the organizing secretary of the party for southern districts.<ref>{{cite news|title=DMK creates post to reward Azhagiri|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dmk-creates-post-to-reward-azhagiri/410325/|work=The Indian Express|date=14 January 2009|last=Mohan|first=Gopu|location=Chennai|access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref> Following the by-poll victories in the state, Alagiri was given the ticket for Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency in 2009 general elections, which he won eventually and later went on to become a cabinet minister.<ref name="GE"/>

There were widespread fights between the supporters of Alagiri and Stalin frequently. The succession crisis came out to a peak when party members loyal to Alagiri [[Dinakaran Attack Case|attacked]] the [[Madurai]] office of [[Dinakaran]] and set it to fire, in which three staff were killed. [[Dinakaran]] is a part of the [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] group owned by [[Kalanidhi Maran]] (son of [[Murasoli Maran]]), the grand-nephew of Karunanidhi. The newspaper published a higher prominence for Stalin over Azhagiri.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1095852|work= DNA India |title= Sun Network accuses Alagiri as being main culprit in Dinakaran attack|access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref>

He was removed from the DMK party as member and as Secretary, South Zone on 24 January 2014.<ref name="NIC">{{cite web|title=Profile of Member of Parliament of 15th Loksabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/Lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4551|publisher=National Informatics Centre|work=Lok Sabha Secretariat|year=2009|access-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202144756/http://164.100.47.132/Lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4551|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Elections contested===

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|- style="background:#cfc;"
|bgcolor=98FB98|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]||[[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]] ||Won|| 54.48||P. Mohan||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]||36.67<ref name="LS2009">{{cite web|title=Statistical report on General elections, 2009 to the 14th Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|page=136|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
|}

==Controversies==
Alagiri's name is associated with various controversies including conspiring in the murder of the former DMK Minister, [[Tha. Kiruttinan|T. Kiruttinan]] on 20 May 2003, initiating a cash-for-vote in Tamil Nadu for the Thirumangalam by-elections, attacking the Madurai office of the newspaper ''[[Dinakaran]]'',<ref name="V265">[[#Vaasanthi|Vaasanthi 2008]], p. 153</ref> and the Dhaya Cyber Tech Park land grab case. He is seen as the party strong man in Southern districts of Madurai. There have been various clashes in the state between his supporters and the ones of his younger brother [[M.K.Stalin]] over the question of succession and leadership of the party. He is also accused to inducing his strongmen in the party, who otherwise have criminal cases against them. Azhagiri is accused of instigating the attacks of popular Tamil newspaper ''[[Dinamalar]]'' in February 1997 when the daily published a criticism about him. His supporters like Nallamaruthu (brother of Essar Gopi) and Annadurai were convicted in [[Leelavathi murder]], a high-profile political murder case involving murder of Leelavathi, a member of CPI(M) party and elected councilor of Villapuram.<ref name=times>{{cite news|title=CPM leader's killer released once is behind bars again|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/CPM-leaders-killer-released-once-is-behind-bars-again/articleshow/48633295.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=16 August 2020|date=23 August 2015|last=L.|first=Saravanan}}</ref>

===T. Kiruttinan case===
Azhagiri was accused as the main conspirator in the murder of the former Highways Minister, Pasumpon T. Kiruttinan, on 20 May 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/28/stories/2003052805270400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024030/http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/28/stories/2003052805270400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2014 |title=4 DMK men held, Azhagiri role confirmed | location=Chennai, India |date=28 May 2003|work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref> Kiruttinan was hacked to death by unidentified men while he was out for a morning walk near his residence in KK Nagar, Madurai. The next day Azhagiri was arrested on charges of conspiring the murder due to intra-party conflict, along with other accused, namely P.M. Mannan who later became the Deputy Mayor of Madurai city, Essar Gobi, Madurai Corporation councillor I. Mubaraq Manthiri and V. Sivakumar (also called "Karate" Siva). Azhagiri was held as the main accused and charged with criminal conspiracy, murder and abetment. The case was transferred to [[Chittoor]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] after the DMK came to power in the state in 2006, based on an order by [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name="murder">{{cite news|title=Kiruttinan murder case: State to oppose acquittal of Alagiri|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kiruttinan-murder-case-state-to-oppose-acquittal-of-alagiri/article4949598.ece|work=The Hindu|location=Madurai|last=S.|first=Sundar|date=25 July 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> He was acquitted by the Principal District and Sessions Court in May 2008.<ref name="murder"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/05/08/azhagiri-acquitted-in-kiruttinan-murder-case-1210260774.html |title=Azhagiri acquitted in Kiruttinan murder case|work=One India|date=8 May 2008|access-date=12 November 2013 }}</ref> The Madurai Police planned to appeal against the order in the Supreme Court as of July 2013 after a gap of five years from the judgement of the lower court.<ref name="murder"/> A leave petition was filed in the Supreme Court by the state, challenging the order of the Chitoor Court in September 2013. The petition was quashed by the Supreme Court counsel, which ruled that the state of Tamil Nadu had no locus standi in the case as it was transferred to Andhra Pradesh and that only the government of Andhra Pradesh can appeal against the lower court judgement.<ref>{{cite news|title=SC rejects TN's appeal in Kiruttinan murder case|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sc-rejects-tns-appeal-in-kiruttinan-murder-case/article5110156.ece|work=The Hindu|location=New Delhi|last=J.|first=Venkatesan|date=10 September 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

===Thirumangalam by-election===
According to [[United States diplomatic cables leak|leaked secret diplomatic cables]], he gave away {{INR}}5,000 as a bribe to each voter through the morning newspaper in the January 2009 Assembly by-election at [[Thirumangalam (State Assembly Constituency)|Thirumangalam]] and around {{INR}}500 per voter in the 2009 Parliamentary elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/the-india-cables/article1541302.ece |title=Cash for votes a way of political life in South India |work=The Hindu |date=16 March 2011 |access-date=12 November 2013 |location=Chennai, India |first=Sarah |last=Hiddleston}}</ref> The by-election is believed to have started the cash-for-vote in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="pottu">{{cite news|title=Party is over for Alagiri and friends|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/m-c-rajan/story/dmk-alagiri-madurai-tamil-nadu-138659-2011-08-02|work=India Today|last=M.C.|first=Rajan|date=16 March 2011 |access-date=12 November 2013 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

===Dinakaran attack case===
In May 2007, [[Dinakaran]], the newspaper run by Kalanidhi Maran, the elder brother of Dayanidhi, ran into a controversy when it published the results of a series of opinion polls which showed [[M. K. Stalin]], the second son of Karunandhi, having more approval (70%) than his elder brother [[M. K. Azhagiri]] (2%) as the political heir of Karunanidhi. It also showed others as 20%, possibly indicating Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. The Madurai office of [[Dinakaran Attack Case|Dinakaran was fire bombed]] by supporters of Azhagiri and three employees were killed<ref name=Survey>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/09azha.htm|title=TN: 2 killed as Dinakaran office set afire|publisher=[[Rediff]]|date=9 May 2007|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> The Sun TV office in Madurai was also attacked by the perpetrators.<ref name="businessstandard">[[#Phandis|Phandis 2009]], p. 145</ref> A day after the incident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi came to Chennai for felicitating Karunanidhi for 50 years in legislative assembly. Daynaidhi Maran, who usually accompanies Karunanidhi on every function, discarded the event as a mark of protest. On 13 May, the DMK administrative committee empowered Karunanidhi to remove Dayanidhi from the party. This subsequently led to his resignation from the central ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/05_2007/dmk-drama-raja-in-maran-out-40592.html|title=DMK kicks out Dayanidhi, brings in Raja as Minister|publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|date=15 May 2007|access-date=10 November 2013|archive-date=9 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209085802/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/05_2007/dmk-drama-raja-in-maran-out-40592.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Karunanidhi family started [[Kalaignar TV]] to counter [[Sun TV Network|Sun TV]] of the Marans that started focusing on opposition leaders who were vociferous on Azhagiri and also covering the 2G spectrum case on minister A Raja, the DMK minister replacing Dayanidhi in the Union IT ministry.<ref name="Outlookdec09">[[#Outlook1|Outlook, Volume XLVIII, No. 51]], p. 15</ref> There were several attempts of reconciliation by the Marans, with two public meeting, once during Stalin's birthday in March 2008 and other during May when Karunanidhi was discharged from a Chennai hospital having been treated for neck and back pain.<ref name="outlook">[[#Outlook2|Outlook Volume XLVIII]], p. 18</ref> But when the Marans went to greet Karunanidhi on his 85th birthday on 3 June 2008, they were made to wait for an hour before finally denying entry.<ref name="outlook"/> The family later reconciled with the efforts of Selvi, the eldest daughter of Karunanidhi. While the reason for reconciliation is not known, it was rumoured that the family reconciled to keep the third wife, Rajathi and her daughter Kanimozhi away from the family – that Kanimozhi was missing in the family reunion picture supported this argument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/karunas-kutumbam/468573/0|title=Karuna's Kutumbam|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|date=31 May 2009|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
The management of ''Dinakaran'' accused the police of ignoring their formal complaint, which specifically sought action against Azhagiri, and instead choose to act on a ''[[suo motu]]'' complaint which did not include his name even in the [[First Information Report]].<ref>{{cite news|author=S. Vijay Kumar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/police-ignored-our-complaint-says-dinakaran/article1840702.ece|title=Police ignored our complaint, says Dinakaran|work=The Hindu|date=11 May 2007|access-date=22 July 2013}}</ref>

===Land grab case===
In 2011, a series of land grab cases were filed against Azhagiri's close associates and several of them have been arrested. It was alleged that Kanthi Azhagiri, the wife of Azhagiri bought lands worth {{INR}} 20 crores for {{INR}}85 lakh from a lottery seller named Santiago Martin, who had 50 criminal cases against him. The deal took place soon Azhagiri became a central minister. According to the allegation, the family owned Dhaya Cyber Tech Park was built in a {{convert|4|acre|sqm}} land out of the {{convert|23|acre|sqm}} belonging to a temple in Uthangudi near Madurai. Azhagiri family refuted the claims stating that it is a vendetta politics by the opposing [[AIADMK]], which ruled the state when the charges were leveled.<ref name=news>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tamil-nadu-alagiri-dmk-leaders-grab-land/174701-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826034749/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tamil-nadu-alagiri-dmk-leaders-grab-land/174701-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2011|last=Mahadevan|first=Meenakshi|title=Case against Alagiri|work=IBNLive|access-date=10 November 2013|date=11 August 2011}}</ref> The family were cleared off the charges by rural police in September 2011 that ran the investigation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alagiri family cleared of land-grabbing charge|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/alagiri-family-cleared-of-landgrabbing-charge/841746/|work=The New Indian Express|last=Mohan|first=Gopu|date=5 September 2011|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> Subsequently, the Corporation of Madurai recovered 8 cents (0.08 acre) of land from Dhaya Cyber Tech Park on 26 February 2013, that were encroached. The concrete wall, trees and lawn in the encroached land were demolished by the Corporation officials amidst tight security.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corporation reclaims land from Alagiri's family-owned IT firm|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/corporation-reclaims-land-from-alagiris-familyowned-it-firm/article4458416.ece|location=Madurai|work=The Hindu|date=27 February 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

== Tenure as Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers ==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Shri M.K. Alagiri, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 28, 2009.jpg|thumb|Azhagiri Sworn as minister]] Azhagiri was appointed as the [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] in the [[Union Cabinet]], following [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] victory in the [[2009 Indian Parliamentary Election]]s. He won his elections from the [[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]] parliamentary constituency securing 430,688 votes against his next competitor P. Mohan from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]], who secured 290,157 votes.<ref name="GE">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result |page=136|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> During his early tenure, he requested the speaker of Lok Sabha to allow him to answer in Tamil, while senior Lok Sabha officials wanted him to answer in English or Hindi following precedents. Jena, the State minister of the ministry, answered all the questions raised in the parliament on behalf of Azhagiri. There were protests by the opposition party members in the Lok sabha during the Budget session in 2010 over the absence of Azhagiri.<ref>{{cite news|title=Minister Alagiri finally speaks in Parliament|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/minister-alagiri-finally-speaks-in-parliament-42249|work=NDTV|location=New Delhi|date=5 August 2010|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> In January 2013, the Union minister of state for the Chemical and Industry ministry, Srikanth Kumar Jena, accused Azhagiri of inaction as a senior minister, in the alleged misuse of government subsidies by the fertiliser companies. He accused Azhagiri of not responding to any of his five letters he wrote to his senior colleague between March and August 2012. In his letters, he complained that the fertiliser companies, in spite of utilizing one third of the subsidies provided to the farmers, kept raising the prices of the fertilisers.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM may be dragged into Alagiri-Jena tiff|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/pm-may-be-dragged-into-alagiri-jena-tiff-113012300096_1.html|work=Business Standard|location=New Delhi|date=23 January 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> Following the irregularities quoted by Jena, there were allegations by certain section of media of a possible scam to an extent of {{INR}}1,000 crores in the fertiliser ministry. There were also allegations of nexus between the corrupt official in the ministry with the fertiliser companies, who together dictated the government policy on fertilizers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Now scam in fertiliser ministry? Prices, subsidy rise simultaneously, but Alagiri ignores his junior minister's warnings|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/scam-fertiliser-ministry-alagiri-karunanidhi-prices-subsidy-rise-152207-2013-01-20|work=India Today|last=Khetan|first=Ashish|location=New Delhi|date=21 January 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

DMK pulled out of the ruling UPA on 20 March 2013 following [[2013 Anti-Sri Lanka protests|widespread protests in Tamil Nadu]] against the central government for not taking up the concerns of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the UN resolution against the alleged human rights violation against Tamils by Sri Lankan government. Azhagiri resigned from his ministry along with other ministers from DMK.<ref name="sorry">{{cite news|title=Sorry chapter of M K Alagiri performance as Union minister|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sorry-chapter-of-m-k-alagiri-performance-as-union-minister/1093032/|work=The Indian Express|last=C.|first=Raja Mohan|date=25 March 2013|access-date=10 November 2013|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref name="SL"/> There was a brief controversy when Azhagiri did not accompany the contingency led by [[T.R. Baalu]], the head of MPs from the DMK party, to tender resignation in the Prime minister's office and to hand over the letter of withdrawal to the [[President of India|President]] on 20 March 2013. It was claimed as a mark of protest against his father [[Karunanidhi]]'s decision to pull out from the central ministry. Some sources claim he delayed his resignation as he was not kept in the loop while taking the decision. Following his resignation, Srikanth Jena was appointed the minister of Chemical and Fertilizers.<ref name="SL">{{cite news|title=Alagiri snubs dad's confidant|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-21/india/37902386_1_madurai-strongman-chemicals-and-fertilizers-minister-dmk-s-alagiri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052651/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-21/india/37902386_1_madurai-strongman-chemicals-and-fertilizers-minister-dmk-s-alagiri|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013|last=Ghildiyal|first=Subodh|access-date=10 November 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=New Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Srikant Jena Gets Alagiri's Chemicals-Fertilizers Portfolio |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=793107 |work=The Outlook |date=20 March 2013 |location=New Delhi |access-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301014930/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=793107 |archive-date=1 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pullout snub miffs Alagiri|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130321/jsp/nation/story_16698584.jsp#.UobKHflJMxU|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116014347/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130321/jsp/nation/story_16698584.jsp%23.UobKHflJMxU|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2013|work=The Telegraph|location=Chennai, India|last=G.C.|first=Shekhar|date=20 March 2013|access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Karunanidhi family]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*{{Cite journal |last=Outlook|title=Outlook| volume =XLVIII|issue= 28 |date=15 Oct 2008|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzEEAAAAMBAJ&q=azhagiri+vs+stalin&pg=PA21|ref=Outlook1}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Outlook|title=Outlook| volume= XLVIII|issue= 51 |date=22 Dec 2008|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDEEAAAAMBAJ&q=azhagiri+vs+stalin&pg=PA23|ref=Outlook2}}
*{{Citation |last=Phandis|first=Aditi|title=Business Standard Political Profiles of Cabals and Kings |year=2009|publisher=Business Standard|location=Delhi|isbn=978-81-905735-4-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&q=azhagiri+vs+stalin&pg=PA145|ref=Phandis}}
* {{cite book|title=Cut-outs, Caste and Cines Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ldacEfF58EC&q=mk+azhagiri&pg=PA153|last=Vassanthi|ref=Vaasanthi|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2008|isbn=9780143063124}}

==External links==
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