<p>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and his estranged elder brother M K Alagiri came face-to-face for the first time in many years at an event to celebrate the 90th birthday of their mother Dayalu Ammal. </p>.<p>Stalin and Alagiri attended the private ceremony at the Gopalapuram residence of late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday to wish their mother Dayalu. This is probably the first time that the two leaders are coming face-to-face after Stalin brought the DMK back to power in 2021.</p>.<p>“They met and spoke,” Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sports Minister and Stalin’s son, told reporters. “When did they fight?” Udhayanidhi replied when reporters asked whether they have made peace.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/m-k-stalin-says-no-worry-even-if-opposition-to-bjp-means-risk-to-dmk-regime-in-tamil-nadu-1235356.html" target="_blank">M K Stalin says no worry even if opposition to BJP means risk to DMK regime in Tamil Nadu</a></strong></p>.<p>Udhayanidhi had met Alagiri in Madurai in January of this year, triggering speculation about the latter’s re-entry into the DMK. “I don’t know,” was all Udhayanidhi said on Sunday when reporters asked whether Alagiri would be back in the DMK.</p>.<p>Dayalu, Karunanidhi’s second wife, continues to live at the Gopalapuram residence, which was bought by her husband in the 1950s when he was a celebrated scriptwriter in Tamil cinema. </p>.<p>Alagiri, Karunanidhi’s elder son, was expelled from the DMK in 2014 for “speaking ill” of Stalin and the decision was never re-considered by Karunanidhi. Alagiri’s efforts to rejoin the DMK after Karunanidhi’s death also didn’t fructify due to opposition from party seniors.</p>
<p>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and his estranged elder brother M K Alagiri came face-to-face for the first time in many years at an event to celebrate the 90th birthday of their mother Dayalu Ammal. </p>.<p>Stalin and Alagiri attended the private ceremony at the Gopalapuram residence of late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday to wish their mother Dayalu. This is probably the first time that the two leaders are coming face-to-face after Stalin brought the DMK back to power in 2021.</p>.<p>“They met and spoke,” Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sports Minister and Stalin’s son, told reporters. “When did they fight?” Udhayanidhi replied when reporters asked whether they have made peace.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/m-k-stalin-says-no-worry-even-if-opposition-to-bjp-means-risk-to-dmk-regime-in-tamil-nadu-1235356.html" target="_blank">M K Stalin says no worry even if opposition to BJP means risk to DMK regime in Tamil Nadu</a></strong></p>.<p>Udhayanidhi had met Alagiri in Madurai in January of this year, triggering speculation about the latter’s re-entry into the DMK. “I don’t know,” was all Udhayanidhi said on Sunday when reporters asked whether Alagiri would be back in the DMK.</p>.<p>Dayalu, Karunanidhi’s second wife, continues to live at the Gopalapuram residence, which was bought by her husband in the 1950s when he was a celebrated scriptwriter in Tamil cinema. </p>.<p>Alagiri, Karunanidhi’s elder son, was expelled from the DMK in 2014 for “speaking ill” of Stalin and the decision was never re-considered by Karunanidhi. Alagiri’s efforts to rejoin the DMK after Karunanidhi’s death also didn’t fructify due to opposition from party seniors.</p>