Chennai(Tamil Nadu ), May 05 : A day after his party’s crushing defeat in the Assembly polls, DMK President M.K. Stalin tendered his resignation as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
A formal communication in this regard was sent to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan. According to information, the Governor has urged him to continue till further arrangement.
The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), which went into the polls with high expectations, could secure only 73 seats in the 234-member Assembly, a significant drop that has pushed it into the Opposition.
Stalin suffered a personal defeat in his stronghold of Kolathur, a constituency he had represented since 2011. He was defeated by V.S. Babu of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), making him one of the rare sitting Chief Ministers in Tamil Nadu to lose an Assembly election.
