“Kanimozhi Named DMK Parliamentary Leader, Replaces Baalu”

K. Kanimozhi, who was re-elected from Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi Lok Sabha seat, has been named the new parliamentary party leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), replacing T.R. Baalu.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made the announcement late on Monday, days after the DMK-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance won all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone parliamentary seat in Puducherry.

Kanimozhi, who has been the ruling DMK’s face in Delhi, is also the DMK’s deputy general secretary. Baalu, the party’s treasurer, was re-elected from Sriperumbudur and will serve as the DMK’s floor leader in the Lok Sabha, with Tiruchi Siva serving in the Rajya Sabha. In the last Lok Sabha, Baalu was the DMK’s leader, and Kanimozhi was his deputy.