the current chief minister of the state is m. k. stalin. he is the leader of the dravida munnetra kazhagam (dmk), a political party. the leader of the opposition is edappadi k. palaniswami. he belongs to the all india anna dravida munnetra kazhagam (aidmk), another political party. these two dravidian parties have been in power alternately in tamil nadu since 1967.