Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin's son and actor Udhayanidhi has been appointed as Secretary of the party's youth wing on Thursday. He replaced Vellakovil Swaminathan as the DMK's youth wing secretary.

Before Swaminathan, the post was held by his father Stalin for 35 years. Stalin was made the secretary of youth wing in 1982 and stepped down in 2017 to focus on his role as DMK working president.