Kamal Haasan Files Rajya Sabha Nomination In Presence Of CM Stalin

Kamal Haasan's nomination for Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu with DMK support signals a strategic move for his MNM party before the 2026 elections.

The nomination of Kamal Haasan also comes a day after the release of his movie, 'Thug Life', directed by Mani Ratnam.

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Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan officially entered the Rajya Sabha race on Friday filing his nomination as a candidate from Tamil Nadu. The development marks a pivotal moment in his political journey and is seen as a strategic step ahead of the 2026 state assembly elections. Haasan's candidature comes through a seat allotted by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to its ally, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), reinforcing the alliance between the two parties.

Alongside Haasan, the DMK has fielded three other nominees for the Upper House: senior advocate and incumbent MP P Wilson, Sahitya Akademi award-winning Tamil writer and poet Rokiah Malik, known widely as Salma, and former legislator Sivalingam. All the DMK candidates too filed nominations for Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of TN CM Stalin at the Secretariat on Friday. 

#WATCH | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Makkal Needhi Maiam President and Actor Kamal Haasan files his nomination for Rajya Sabha at TN Secretariat in the presence of DMK President and TN Chief Minister MK Stalin and TN Dy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.

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The nomination of Kamal Haasan also comes a day after the release of his movie, 'Thug Life', directed by Mani Ratnam. It also comes closely along the heels of his recent controversy after he claimed that 'Kannada was born out of Karnataka'. A lingustic controversy erupted in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu after his statement and the movie was not release in the Kannada-speaking state.