India, May 11 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, who the Catholic and Protestant Bishops blessed for his work for Dalit Christians and others in the community, lost his seat, but an unheralded but popular cinema star Vijay Joseph, who challenged him in the state, is the new Chief Minister-Designate of the important southern state as the dust settles on the 2026 Assembly elections. Vijay could well have gone with the All-India Anna DMK, which came third after Stalin's DMK, but he chose to accept the support of the Congress Party, offered by its leader Rahul Gandhi. The two comparatively young leaders had, in fact, considered a pre-poll alliance, but Rahul Gandhi chose to stick with Stalin, who was then considered invincible. For Rahu...