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Kamal Haasan’s move to pull out of Lok Sabha polls raises queries over Makkal Needhi Maiam’s future
 
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan’s decision to opt out of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, and instead campaign for the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, has caused disappointment among his party cadre and attracted taunts from the BJP State unit.

The DMK, as part of its deal, has assured the actor’s party a Rajya Sabha berth in 2025. Mr. Haasan’s unexpected call not to contest the election despite securing 2.62% of the votes in 2021 State Assembly election has triggered questions about his party’s future.

Having lost the Coimbatore South seat by a slender margin in 2021 to BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan, Mr. Haasan was keen on being an INDIA bloc candidate for the Coimbatore or South Chennai Lok Sabha seat, according to sources in the DMK, the Congress and the MNM.

Nevertheless, Mr. Haasan’s decision not to contest this poll attracted criticism and trolling alike, with many on social media creating and sharing memes recalling his speeches in the last seven years wherein he claimed to stand for ‘alternative politics’ in Tamil Nadu and promised that he would never ally with the current “corrupt” political establishments.