Ending years of speculation about who would succeed him as party chief, DMK's M Karunanidhi hinted yesterday that his son Stalin would become the next party chief. He also said he will work for the party till his last breath. That has left doubt about what role he foresaw for his other son MK Alagiri and daughter Kanimozhi. Karunanidhi has always refrained from naming either of his sons as the next party chief but most political observers believed that Stalin was in line to succeed his father as the party chief.

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