What is M. K. Alagiri?
'''Muthuvel Karunanidhi Alagiri''' commonly known as '''M. K. Alagiri''', is an [[India]]n politician from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was the former [[Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Cabinet Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf</ref> from 13 June 2009 – 20 March 2013. ==Birth== Alagiri was born on 30 January 1951. He was the second son of former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[Karunanidhi]]. He was born to [[Karunanidhi|M. Karunanidhi]] and his second wife Dayalu Ammal. Azhagiri after his marriage on 10 December 1972, settled in [[Madurai]]. His wife is Kanthi Azhagiri. ==Controversies (quarrel and fights)== M. Karunanidhi always wanted his son M. K. Stalin to be his successor as the leader of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party.<ref>{{cite news|title=DMK's sonny-come-lately|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Ne051306up_close.asp|work=Tehelka|date=13 May 2006|access-date=14 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911130612/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Ne051306up_close.asp|archive-date=11 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Alagiri didn't hold any post in DMK party. But he had the command in Madurai region. Alagiri was the important person who made DMK win in 2008 by-elections. After these victories, he was appointed as the organizing secretary of DMK in southern Tamil Nadu districts. Following this Alagiri was given the ticket for Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency in 2009 general election. He won it and became a Cabinet Minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=DMK creates post to reward Azhagiri|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dmk-creates-post-to-reward-azhagiri/410325/|work=The Indian Express|date=14 January 2009|last=Mohan|first=Gopu|location=Chennai|access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref> There were lots of publicly held fights between the supporters of Stalin and Alagiri. This reached its peak when the Dinakaran daily's office were bombed by Ala