NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, DEC 25
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Hassan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam General Secretary A Arunachalam joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar at the BJP state quarters Kamalalayam in Chennai on Friday.
Hailing from Thoothukudi, Arunachalam was instrumental in laying groundwork in the rural pockets for Makkal Needhi Maiam.
The leader joined in the national party, while MNM leaders is on campaign trail for the forthcoming state election scheduled to be held during April-May 2021.
Though it is considered as a major setback to MNM, its senior leader and former top cop A.G. Mourya said, this has proved the allegations that MNM was the B team of BJP in a tweet.
இரண்டு விடயங்களிலும்
நாம் தெளிவாக இருக்கின்றோம்.1.நாம் பி டீம் இல்லையென்பது.
2.நாம் எப்போதுமே விவசாயிகளுக்கு ஆதரவானவர்கள் என்பது.
நாம் யாருக்கும் நிரூபிக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் இல்லை.
மக்களுக்கே தெரியும் #மக்கள்நீதிமய்யம். #நாமேதீர்வு #இனி_நாம் #KamalHaasan @ikamalhaasan https://t.co/u7Qoyp1pkL
— A.G. Mourya IPS (Rtd) (@MouryaMNM) December 25, 2020
However, it has been reported that he was not happy with how the party was being run by Kamal Haasan lately and was feeling sidelined during the actor-turned-politician’s ongoing election campaign in the state.
Kamal Haasan began his party’s election campaign earlier this month and it is now in its second leg. He has been a staunch critic of the BJP and ruled out any possibility of joining hands with the Dravidian parties parties for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
மக்கள் நீதி மய்யத்தின் பொதுச்செயலாளர் திரு.அருணாச்சலம் அக்கட்சியிலிருந்து விலகி, சென்னை வந்துள்ள மத்திய அமைச்சர் திரு.@PrakashJavdekar மாநில தலைவர் Dr.@Murugan_TNBJP மற்றும் @ReddySudhakar21 முன்னிலையில் கமலாலயத்தில் பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சியில் இணைந்தார்
உடன் @KaruNagarajan1#JoinsBJP pic.twitter.com/l7g4PRIXIQ— BJP Tamilnadu (@BJP4TamilNadu) December 25, 2020
He however, remains open to the possibility of aligning with Rajinikanth, who is scheduled to launch his own political party in January.
The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief also recently released a 7-point governance plan for Tamil Nadu, highlighting that the theme of his campaign is “Seeramaipom Thamizhagathai.”
His 7-point governance and economic agenda includes schemes like ‘Green Channel Government’, ‘Online homes’, ‘Providing Urban Opportunities in Rural Areas’ (PURA), ‘Women enrichment’ among others.
