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Superstar and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder, Kamal Haasan lost the Coimbatore South seat by a margin of 1,500 votes against BJP women s wing national President, Vanathi Srinivasan.
Congress candidate Mayura Jayakumar was relegated to the third position.
Actor-turned-politician Kamal HassanSUJIT JAISWAL/AFP/Getty Images
With the defeat of Kamal Haasan in his electoral debut, his MNM failed to open the account in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
In the 2016 polls, Amman K. Arjunan of the AIADMK had won the seat, while it had gone to the party s Challenger Dorai in 2011. In this election, there was some friction after the AIADMK s NDA ally, the BJP, was allotted the seat but the matter was resolved.
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Hitting out at the newbie neta, TN Mahila Congress’s Laxmi Ramachandran replied: “What are you saying, sir? I will do anything to save myself and loved ones from getting harmed by a criminal/murderer/rapist. Actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan on Saturday made a controversial post on Twitter that has brought him flak from several people. Sharing a video of Sneha Mohandoss, founder FoodBank India, performing self-defence moves, Haasan said: “Confidence can do more damage than pepper spray .
His tweet read: “Dignity and equipoise are important to your protection and empowerment. With the above qualities, your self-defence can become non-violent. When non-violence meets violence, there is no combat; clearly the criminal is exposed. Your confidence can do more damage than pepper spray.”