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Bigg Boss Host & Part-Time Politician Kamal Says People Have No Right To Question Him As They Are Not Even Full-Time Citizens

February 21, 2024
The Commune

Full-time actor and part-time politician Kamal Haasan celebrated the 7th anniversary of the launch of his political party Makkal Needhi Maiyyam. He launched the party in 2018 after the demise of Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi. 

Kamal Haasan met the party volunteers, hoisted the party flag, and distributed sweets at the party office in Alwarpet. Speaking to the party cadre, Kamal Haasan said, “I did not come to politics out of anger. I came to politics out of sadness.”

Responding to the most common grouse that people in Tamil Nadu have against Haasan about being a part-time politician, he said, “Everyone around me, even my own party people asked me that since I am acting in cinema, I am not a full-time politician. The truth is that there is no such thing as a full-time politician here. There is no full-time father. No full-time husband. No full-time children. Everyone needs to sleep 8 hours. Everyone needs to work 8 hours and stay at home for 4 hours. So tell me who is a full-time politician? I will tell you why I am acting in films. You have given me this house, another house, a car, and everything, why should I come into politics? If I have come, then it is because I have not given anything in return to you yet. I have acted in movies, paid taxes, and do what I know, I can’t leave as my duty is not done. I haven’t even paid interest for the love you gave me.

“For those asking why I haven’t joined full-time politics yet, today’s meeting, the flag raised in the meeting, the refreshments that will be served here, and the platform I am standing on now are all made from the money I have earned. If you say that I am speaking arrogantly, I got all this arrogance from Periyar. When someone asked account of expenses to Periyar, he said that the one who spends another’s money only must show an account of expenditure. This is my money, he said. This is what my party men also must say. This is my money and I am doing whatever I want with it,” he continued.

Talking about his loss in the 2021 TN Assembly elections when he contested from Coimbatore South constituency which he lost to BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan, he said, “The Election Commission says that a candidate spends ₹95 lakhs for the election. Tell me what will happen if you spend only ₹95 lakhs in reality. What happened in Coimbatore South – the same will happen. I lost in Coimbatore, not by 1728 votes. 90,000 people did not vote in that constituency. I consider this my failure. 40% of people across India do not vote. If they all vote, everything will be fine. Those who ask me who is a full-time politician can ask who are these 40% who don’t vote. You ask me if I am a full-time politician, I ask you, are you even a full-time citizen? Those 40% who sit at home without voting. If this is the case, an honest person who spends only 95 lakh rupees will never succeed.”

Taking to criticise the central government, he said, “When the citizenship of the nation is at stake, party lines are secondary, the nation is the first. First the nation, then my Tamil Nadu, then the language… If they are talking only about the language, they will give us “halva”. The Union has not done even 10% of what Tamil Nadu has done for farmers today,” thus toeing the DMK stance. He continued to criticise the central government regarding the “farmer” protests. He added, “There is an organisation that doesn’t mind if the South perishes. We are being punished for the charity we have done for the nation. They are increasing the number of seats for them. We practiced family planning for the betterment of the nation. But we are getting punished for that. We don’t have a place, we do not have a voice.”

He went on to peddle the same 29 paise per rupee lie criticising the central government for financial discrimination that the Dravidianists are peddling as he concluded his speech. 

It is noteworthy that Kamal Haasan contested the 2019 parliamentary elections a year after he formed the party. He also contested in the 2021 elections. 

Crackers Burst & Loud Music In A Hospital Zone

For all the virtue-signalling that Kamal Haasan did with the people who questioned his dual careers, the party workers gathered at a place where there is a hospital (Kauvery Hospital) and burst crackers and indulged in loud music to celebrate the event. 

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