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Controversial Actor Mansoor Ali Khan Holds Talks With AIADMK For Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

March 13, 2024
The Commune

Actor Mansoor Ali Khan, known for his involvement in Tamil Nadu politics, initiated talks with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and is trying to forge an alliance with them for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Scheduled to take place in April and May this year, the Lok Sabha elections have prompted political parties across the country to intensify their election preparations.

In Tamil Nadu, the political landscape is heating up as parties engage in discussions to finalize constituencies and candidates. Amid these developments, Mansoor Ali Khan, the leader of the Indian Democratic Tigers Force, expressed interest in joining the AIADMK alliance for the Lok Sabha elections. Khan, who previously contested in various elections under different party banners, engaged in discussions with AIADMK representatives, including Munusamy, Dindigul Srinivasan, and Benjamin, regarding the collaboration.

Reports indicate that the alliance is sealed and that Khan has expressed a desire to contest from either the Arani or Vellore Lok Sabha seat. Khan has previously contested elections from different constituencies, albeit without success. Khan’s recent controversial comments about actress Trisha garnered attention, leading to legal repercussions.

While discussing his experience shooting for Vijay-starrer Leo, Mansoor Ali Khan stated, “When I heard that I was acting with Trisha, I thought there would be a bedroom scene in the film. I thought that I could carry her to the bedroom just like I did with other actresses in my earlier movies. I have done so many rape scenes in a number of movies and it’s not new to me. But these guys didn’t even show Trisha to me on the sets during the Kashmir schedule.”

Some of the other controversies he has been involved in include:

Khan was convicted of rape and sentenced to jail for 7 years. According to a Times of India report, Mansoor Ali Khan was arrested on 11 December 1998 based on a complaint by a woman named Sneha Sharma. In 2001, he received a seven-year rigorous imprisonment sentence after being convicted by the Principal Sessions Court in the alleged rape case. However, in 2012, Mansoor Ali Khan proved in the Madras High Court that the accusations made by the women were false. Subsequently, the court directed the woman to pay ₹50 lakh as compensation to Mansoor Ali Khan.

In the same year, he encountered another legal issue, this time related to allegations of land-grabbing. The charges implicated him in the unauthorized construction of a 16-storey building in Arumbakkam, Chennai, leading to his arrest.

In 2018, incarcerated in Salem Central prison, he staged a day-long fast to protest the Salem–Chennai green corridor project and the dismissal of his bail application by an Omalur court. The Theevattipatti police had arrested the actor earlier for delivering defamatory speeches in villages around Kaamalapuram in May of that year. During these speeches, he threatened to attack authorities if they attempted to acquire farmland for an eight-lane road project. Around this time, he had also stated that for Naam Tamizhar Katchi, going to jail is akin to visiting a temple.

Earlier in 2023, he spoke derogatorily about Tamannah’s dance moves for the song Kavaalaa in the film Jailer. Discussing the censorship situation in Tamil Nadu concerning his film Saraku, Khan voiced his dissatisfaction with the edits and alterations mandated by the Censor Board. Mansoor raised the issue of Kaavaalaa, questioning the approval of the song and expressing disdain for its quality. Mansoor brought up Kaavaalaa and questioned how the song was permitted, adding that the song was awful. Speaking to the press he said, “In a song called Kavaalaa, they stretch their legs like this and show their hands like this and take them all the way down. Kavala, Ra, Ra. I didn’t take anything sexy like that. They won’t listen. They are all manifestations of slavery. It is a very bad movement. It looks like they are putting their hands in their pockets and pushing them down.”

 

It is noteworthy that the ADMK was wooing Puthiya Thamizhagam (PT), Patali Makkal Katchi (PMK), and the DMDK after snapping ties with the BJP last year. TTV Dinakaran’s AMMK has joined with the BJP to be a part of the NDA and actor Sarath Kumar’s AISMK merged with the BJP on 12 March 2024.

In January 2024, the AIADMK signalled of a possible alliance with the radical Islamist outfit SDPI.

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