My father's responsibilities not a burden on him: M K Stalin

NEW DELHI: M K Stalin, considered a successor to DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, on Wednesday indicated he would shoulder responsibilities when his father feels they are a burden.

"He (Karunanidhi) has not felt it is a burden on him. When he worries that it is a burden (on him), I will answer your question," said Stalin, who was visiting here for the first time after becoming a state minister.

Stalin, the minister for rural development and local administration, said his father had not said so far that the responsibilities were a burden on him.

The importance given to him by Union ministers and party MPs and leaders was visible in Stalin's press conference, when he was asked whether he would shoulder his father's burden.

He parried a question on how he would grade the performance of his party's ministers at the Centre.

During his day-long stay here, Stalin called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and several Central Ministers and discussed ongoing developmental projects.