Kamal Haasan To Make Parliament Debut As DMK Announces Support For Rajya Sabha Bid-OxBig News Network

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan is about to make his parliamentary debut, marking a big second in his political journey. The MK Stalin-led DMK authorities in Tamil Nadu has introduced his title as one of many 4 candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for June 19.

Biennial elections shall be held for eight vacant Rajya Sabha seats, together with six in Tamil Nadu and two in Assam. Elections for the six Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are being held because the time period of Anbumani Ramadoss (Pattali Makkal Katchi), N. Chandrasekaran (AIADMK), M. Shanmugam (DMK), P. Wilson (DMK), M. Mohammed Abdullah (DMK) and Vaiko (MDMK) is ending on July 24.

Veteran Indian actor, filmmaker and politician Kamal Haasan entered politics with the launch of his occasion, Makkal Nidhi Mayyam (MNM) on February 21, 2018, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. In 2024, the DMK assured Kamal Haasan a seat within the Rajya Sabha, after his occasion, Makkal Needhi Maiam, determined to not contest the Lok Sabha elections and as a substitute help the DMK-led All India Alliance within the state.

Apart from Kamal Haasan, the occasion has additionally nominated senior advocate P. Wilson, former Union Minister S.R. Sivalingam, and famend Tamil poet and author Rokaiya Malik as its candidates for the election.

P. Wilson is an incumbent Rajya Sabha MP and a number one lawyer of the Supreme Court of India. He is extensively recognized for representing the state in a number of high-profile authorized battles and is a trusted authorized voice throughout the DMK management.

S.R. Sivalingam is a senior DMK chief and has beforehand served as Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. His nomination displays the occasion’s effort to strike a stability between authorized experience and administrative expertise within the Upper House.

Rokeya Malik, also called Kavignaar Salma, is a famend voice in modern Tamil literature, recognized for her poems and novels that discover themes of gender, id and social justice. She is a recipient of a number of literary awards; her inclusion within the listing displays the DMK’s dedication to cultural illustration and girls’s empowerment.

Meanwhile, Haasan has sparked controversy along with his comment that Kannada ‘was born out of Tamil,’ triggering sharp criticism from politicians and the general public in Karnataka. The BJP and pro-Kannada teams have condemned his assertion and are demanding an unconditional apology from him.