Chennai: “Mark Twain said politics is the last resort of the scoundrels and we’re here to change that,” mentioned actor and politician Kamal Haasan, as he introduced his outfit Makkal Needhi Maiam’s first list of 70 candidates for the upcoming meeting polls.
While the actor’s identify was not on this list, the notable names embody former Tamil Nadu IT secretary Dr Santhosh Babu and V. Ponraj who served as an advisor to President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.Â
Speaking on the occasion, the actor mentioned that the DMK was portraying itself wrongly because the saviour of Tamils and that the incumbent AIADMK was accusing the DMK of being a dynasty get together. He added that the BJP was making makes an attempt to divide the state on communal strains.Â
Haasan mentioned that at the same time as a politician he would proceed to be a agency defender of the liberty of language, speech and tradition, protecting according to his views as an actor.
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Introducing the candidates, which included a substantial quantity of ladies, Haasan mentioned that the majority of them had been self-employed. He added that profitable and getting into the legislative meeting was not their finish purpose, however that they aspired to fulfil a minimum of 50 per cent of their guarantees throughout their tenure if elected.Â
Lashing out on the DMK and AIADMK which had made bulletins on offering revenue for homemakers, he mentioned that the MNM was not meant to make lists of concepts for the 2 Dravidian majors, however was meant to oust them.Â
MNM’s candidates can be contesting from 154 seats, whereas their allies AISMK and IJK can be contesting 40 seats every. In addition to this, the actor’s get together can be mentioned to be in talks with the SDPI for an alliance.
