Tag: Makkal Needhi Maiam

Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party saw 201,597 member registrations online in 48 hours, said a spokesperson. Sharing the Google data analytics of the party’s digital presence, the spokesperson said the data pertains to 48 hours after the party’s website was launched. Kamal Haasan formally launched MNM on February 21 at Madurai. The […]

Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Sunday thanked the Election Commission of India for allotting his party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) the battery torch symbol, calling it “appropriate” and in keeping with the party’s vision. “MNM thanks the Election Commision for granting us the ‘Battery Torch’ symbol for the forthcoming elections. So appropriate. MNM will endeavour […]

New Delhi: BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday kicked up a major row by describing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “deshbhakt” (patriot), a comment which her party immediately condemned and asked her to apologise for her remark. The comment by Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast […]

Chennai: Enraged by actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s ‘Hindu terrorist’ remark, a person threw his slipper at him at Thiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu. Haasan was addressing an election rally in support of his Makkal Needhi Maiam candidate when the attack took place on Wednesday night. Police said the person who threw the slipper has been taken into custody. […]

Chennai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to actor-politician Kamal Haasan in the case filed against him for his Hindu extremist comment. Campaigning for his party Makkal Needhi Maiam’s (MNM) candidate in the bye-election for the Aravakuruchi Assembly constituency, the actor speaking about the killer of Mahatma Gandhi, […]

Chennai: Superstar-turned-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday asserted that he is ready to quit cinema for the sake of politics. Addressing media persons at Coimbatore,…