Pudukkottai, April 5 -- Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday expressed confidence that Chief Minister M K Stalin will return to power after the elections, stating there is "no doubt" about it.

Campaigning at Thilagar Thidal in Pudukkottai for DMK candidate Muthuraja, he alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to enter Tamil Nadu by using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) as a "mask," and questioned whether the people of the state would allow it.

He criticised AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami, calling him a "puppet" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and claimed that the Centre is attempting to control Tamil Nadu through him. "Tamil Nadu has always remained out of Delhi's con...