In what could become fresh trouble for DMK President MK Stalin ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, expelled DMK leader and Stalin's elder brother MK Alagiri has revealed that he would play a role in the assembly polls. Leaving the state to baffle, Alagiri hasn't divulged how his contribution would be and whom he will support in the election, which is the first one after the demise of political giants Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa. 

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Alagiri said that his contribution would be there in the upcoming assembly polls and stated that he will consult and discuss with his supporters about the support and will make a final decision. He was addressing in Madurai and for the question of launching his own political party, the expelled DMK leader and former Union Minister said that the answer will be there in the coming days. 

Alagiri's political resurgence has been in the spotlight across the state and among the political leaders, particularly the DMK leaders since Stalin's rival brother has been surfaced with heated speculations that he would launch his own party and would ally with the BJP ahead of the election. The speculations brewed when the reports say that the Central ruling party is in talks with Alagiri to bring the latter into the active politics against DMK's MK Stalin, who has been scathingly attacking the BJP ahead of the assembly polls. 

The reports say that Alagiri has planned to float his own party and he would likely be naming the new party as Kalaignar DMK or KDMK. With the reports highlighting that he has been in talks with BJP to make the resurgence, Alagiri was strongly speculated that he would be meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah when the latter visits Tamil Nadu. However, Amit Shah had visited Chennai on November 21 and no such meeting had happened. 

Following the speculations, Alagiri earlier negated such reports and denied that he was not in talks with the BJP and appealed to his supporters not to believe the speculations and added that he will announce the political decision. He reiterated the same on Tuesday and made a big announcement that his contribution will be there in the upcoming assembly polls.

While addressing the reporters on whether his son Durai Dayanidhi was offered a post in the DMK, Alagiri denied that and claimed that report to be a rumor. The political observers say that Alagiri has apparently signaled that he would make a come back to active politics through the upcoming assembly polls. Though he hadn't divulged whom would he support during the elections, the reports say that his resurgence would possibly irk and levy more tensions to Stalin, who is going to contest his first assembly elections as the DMK President. 

Alagiri still enjoys a stronghold in Madurai and other southern districts in Tamil Nadu and his resurgence would push Stalin to lose his stronghold in southern districts, which DMK is hoping to sweep in full during the elections. Apart from collapsing Stalin's stronghold, Alagiri's resurgence could cause a drift and divide in the party as Alagiri's supporters in DMK would leave the party and would be joining him in his politics.  

Recently, one of the closest Alagiri supporters KP Ramalingam, who was expelled from DMK after rivaling against Stalin, had officially joined the BJP in the presence of CT Ravi, who is the national secretary of the Central ruling party. After joining BJP, Ramalingam revealed that he would speak with Alagiri and ask him to join the national party ahead of the election. With such developments brewing, Alagiri would likely support BJP and would voice for the national party ahead of the elections. 

Alagiri was expelled from the DMK in 2014 under the grounds of anti-party activities. He was removed from the party after the emergence of a political dispute and rival against his younger brother Stalin over who would replace their father DMK patriarch Karunanidhi as the president of the party. Alagiri had several times expressed his interest to join DMK again but however, Stalin and the leaders around him are against Alagiri's induction.