Uncle Stalin works out truce between Maran brothers
MP Dayanidhi Maran on Sunday arrived at a truce with Sun TV Network chairman
, thanks to the efforts of their uncle and chief minister M K Stalin.
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A source confirmed that Stalin mediated between the warring brothers and arrived at a compromise on Sunday evening. "It is true. He (Dayanidhi) will withdraw the notice," said the source.
Dayanidhi sent a legal notice to his elder brother Kalanithi on June 10, accusing him of flouting rules and transferring to himself lakhs of shares of the Chennai-based Sun TV group, which are worth thousands of crores of rupees. Kalanithi had derived 5,926 crore as dividends till 2023 and another 455 crore in 2024, Dayanidhi said.
This is not the first time that Stalin has played mediator within the family. In 2008, after a fall out between Karunanidhi's elder son M K Alagiri and the Maran brothers, Stalin with the help of his half-sister Kanimozhi, reunited the family.
The legal notice to Kalanithi last month also recalls that soon after completion of the last rites of their father Murasoli Maran on Nov 24, 2003, "in family interest" and their mother's age, health and wellbeing, Karunanidhi, as head of the family, offered to mediate with Kalanithi, and asked if any arrangements had been made or decisions reached concerning the division of properties among the family members.
Dayanidhi replied that his brother would take care of everything and will do all acts beneficial to the family as his father would have done.
Years later, relations soured between the Maran brothers over their business holdings. The Sun TV Network reported a turnover of 4,544 crore for FY2024-25 and a net profit of 1,654.45 crore. Dayanidhi threatened to approach SFIO, SEBI, ED and other statutory organisations to initiate civil, criminal, regulatory and enforcement proceedings against Kalanithi and his associates, including his wife Kaveri Kalanithi, unless they restored Sun TV and all related companies to their original state as on Sep 15, 2003, by reinstating the shares to the rightful owners — M K Dayalu Ammal, wife of late CM M Karunanidhi, and the legal heirs of late Murasoli Maran within a week.
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