Kamal Haasan discusses TN political situation with Sonia Gandhi

The actor-turned-politician had on Wednesday met Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence and held similar discussions.

June 21, 2018 05:39 pm | Updated December 01, 2021 05:58 am IST - New Delhi

 Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam president, Kamal Haasan addresses the media after meeting UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi on Thursday, June 21, 2018.

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam president, Kamal Haasan addresses the media after meeting UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi on Thursday, June 21, 2018.

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan today met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu.

The actor-turned-politician had on Wednesday met Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence and held similar discussions.

Mr. Haasan met Sonia Gandhi at her residence.

“I have met Sonia Gandhi and we discussed the political situation in general in Tamil Nadu,” he told the reporters after the meeting.

On whether he would support the Congress in its endeavour to bring opposition parties together on one platform to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabh polls, Mr. Haasan said, “It is to early to decide.”

The MNM chief said he had met Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders in Bengaluru at the swearing-in of H D Kumaraswamy as Karnataka Chief Minister.

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