MK Alagiri, elder brother of DMK President MK Stalin said, "I agree with Rajinikanth on leadership vacuum in Tamil Nadu. Rajinikanth himself will fill the vacuum." Rajinikanth had claimed earlier that the passing away of former CMs M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa had left a void in Tamil Nadu politics. Alagiri was expelled from DMK for anti-party activities in 2014.