A politician named after murderous Russian dictator Joseph Stalin is poised to win power in Indian state elections on Friday. Stalin's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party would win the elections across Tamil Nadu in southern India by a big margin. The party's chief was named after Stalin in a tribute to the communist dictator by his father M. Karunanidhi, a left-wing four-time chief minister of the state. MK Stalin, a politician named after murderous Russian dictator Joseph Stalin, was poised to win power in an Indian state on FridayBorn just days before his namesake died in 1953, the Indian Stalin - a committed democrat - admitted in a 2019 newspaper interview that his name had caused some awkward moments in Russia. Stalin's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party would win the elections across Tamil Nadu in southern India by a big margin.

Source: Daily Mail April 30, 2021 15:42 UTC