Udhayanidhi Stalin: Facts About DMK's Youth Wing Leader

Jul 19, 2024 Toshani Adhikary

Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of M.K. Stalin is the grandson of the state's longest-serving CM M. Karunanidhi

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In the 2021 election, he won from the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni assembly constituency

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Before entering the cabinet a year later, he introduced robotic sewer cleaners to replace manual scavengers

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He stated in September 2023, "We must eradicate Sanatana, just as we seek to eradicate diseases like dengue, malaria, and coronavirus."

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The statement, made during a Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Artists Association convention in Chennai, triggered a controversy

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He made his acting debut in the 2009 Tamil film "Aadhavan" and has since appeared in about eighteen films

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Currently, he handles Tamil Nadu's youth welfare and sports ministery

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