INDIA
Haasan has been reaching out to the young voters and interacting with them before the big launch of his political party on February 21.
Actor Kamal Haasan, who is all set to launch his own political party in Tamil Nadu, took a dig at the state government for selling liquor through Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) shops.
"That's not their job. It's enough if the government supervises liquor trade. No need to get waist or neck deep in liquor. They must take a similar plunge in health and education," Haasan said while addressing 8,000 students at an event in Chennai according to NDTV report.
Haasan has been reaching out to the young voters and interacting with them before the big launch of his political party on February 21. He will release his party's principles and guidelines and also start his state-wide political tour "Nalai Namadhe", which means 'Tomorrow is Ours'. Calling the tour as "journey of discovery", he plans to embark on a mission to "understand people's needs and aspirations".
On this tour, which will be flagged off from his hometown of Ramanathapuram, Kamal Haasan will be proceeding to the districts of Madurai, Dindigul and Sivagangai, where he will be interacting with locals.
The actor-turned-politician has also revealed his plan to adopt a village and convert it into a model one for the government to follow. He has planned to build his dream village with all facilities available including better schooling, access to drinking water and transport facilities.
In his weekly column in a Tamil magazine, Haasan wrote that the initiative to adopt a village was part of his effort to challenge the status quo in the state politics where political parties were not thinking out of the box.
Meanwhile, superstar Rajnikanth is also set to launch his own political party which will contest all 234 constituencies in the next assembly polls in the state. Vowing to launch the party to change entire the political system, Rajnikanth said there is a 'need of politics devoid of caste and religion'.
Both the actors are all set to make the dramatic entry into Tamil Nadu politics as the state was left with political void after the death of of former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa.
Earlier, while responding to a question of how he would tackle problem of friends turning rivals in politics, Haasan said he would not antagonise his friends and turn them into enemy to secure his position like the traditional politician. "Today's youth are not ready to continue under such leadership," he said, adding that he wanted to be a co-ordinator who would work as per his party's ideology and reach out to his friends and elders.
Last year, Haasan also said he was willing to join hands with Rajnikanth if the latter decides to join politics.
"There are questions whether I will join hands with Rajinikanth in politics. If Rajini enters politics I'll join hands with him," Haasan was quoted as saying by ANI.
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