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Hassan’s ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam’ will weed out corruption, work for a ‘new South India’

Madurai: With the promise to weed out corruption and with an an aim to become the satrap of the south, Kamal Hassan launched his political party Makkal Needhi Maiam.

The name symbolizes the party’s core values, Poeple, justice, centrist ideology.

The symbol of the party, six connected hands represent the pan South Indian camaraderie of the six states. There is a star at the centre of the joined hands which represent the people and the white background symbolizes the clean image of the party.

At a public meeting in Madurai, he promised “an honest war” against corruption, education for all, employment to educated youth, and a caste-free society.

He was joined by Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who said that the way AAP defeated both Congress and BJP, Hassan’s party will do the same.

“If AAP, which was formed as a small party in 2012, could displace the BJP and the Congress in a short time, Kamal Haasan’s party can defeat the DMK and the AIADMK, both of which are corrupt,” Kejriwal said.

“If you want corruption, you vote for these two parties — AIADMK and DMK. If you want good education, healthcare, roads and electricity, you vote for Kamal Haasan. He is my real-life hero,” Kejriwal said.

While speaking about a ‘new South India’, Hassan said that he has dedicated his life towards the people of Tamil Nadu.

The actor said he is neither left nor right, but the centre, as the needle of the balance of justice (needhi, which is part of the party’s name) indicates. “If you keep cutting a growing tree, every tree will be a bonsai. This party will last for at least another threefour generations, with the baton being passed on to the next runner. There will no longer be “permanent chief minister” (a title AIADMK cadres had given Jayalalithaa),” he added.

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