The change of guard in Congress much like late Mughals has never been a sober and smooth affair; be it from Nehru to Indira, Indira to Rajiv or Sita Ram Kesari & PV Narsimha Rao to Sonia Gandhi.
In order to prevent the congress party moving towards either Kamal Hassan or TTV Dinakaran, Stalin would have proposed the name of Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition.
Although MK could not defeat Kamaraj but he could defeat the harmony between Christian and Hindus in down south and also could divide Hindu nadar and Christian nadar unity to a great extent.
The initiatives of Vaidyanatha Iyer for the entry of Dalits in Meenakshi temple was the first step towards the abolishing untouchability in Tamil Nadu.