Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 23:58 IST
Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan announced the first list of 70 party candidates for the April 6 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan. | Photo Credit: Twitter
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While MNM will contest on 154, the AISMK and TR Paarivendhar’s IJK will contest on the remaining 80 seats – 40 seats each
The Tamil Nadu assembly elections will be held in single-phase polling on April 6
The counting of votes will take place on May 2
Chennai: Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Wednesday announced the first list of 70 party candidates for the April 6 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, fielding, among others, a former associate of ex-President, the late APJ Abdul Kalam.
Will target anyone who is an enemy to people: Kamal Haasan
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 09:30 PM IST
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Synopsis Earlier you said I never criticised him (Stalin). what shall I do. When I decide that someone is people s enemy, then there is no difference between this person or other. Every (such person) has to be attacked. they will face the music, Haasan said.
Haasan has been critical of archrivals AIADMK and DMK over corruption and other issues and is heading a three-party coalition to face the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said he would criticise anyone who is people s enemy and denied he was being selective in his criticism of opponents. Addressing a press conference here, along with alliance party leaders R Sarath Kumar of AISMK and Ravi Pachamuthu of IJK, Haasan also said his party s first list of candidates for the April 6 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be released on Wednesday morning
TN elections 2021: Will target anyone who is an enemy to people, says Kamal Haasan
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Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 21:05 [IST]
Chennai, Mar 09: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said he would criticise anyone who is people s enemy and denied he was being selective in his criticism of opponents.
Addressing a press conference here, along with alliance party leaders R Sarath Kumar of AISMK and Ravi Pachamuthu of IJK, Haasan also said his party s first list of candidates for the April 6 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be released on Wednesday morning.
Asked if he he had been specifically targeting DMK President MK Stalin recently, Haasan said if I decide some one is people s enemy, I have to criticise them.
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