India, April 17 -- Udhayanidhi Stalin is the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and a third-generation leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Born on November 27, 1977, he is the son of the current Chief Minister, MK Stalin, and the grandson of former patriarch M Karunanidhi. After a successful career in the Tamil film industry as a producer and actor, he made his formal political debut in 2019 and was sworn in as a cabinet minister in December 2022.

In the 2021 Assembly elections, he won the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency with a margin of over 70,000 votes, inheriting a seat once held by his grandfather. His rise within the party has been swift; he was appointed Secretary of the DMK Youth Wing in July 2019, a role his fath...