Chennai: A couple of days after the DMK issued a formal invitation to Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief and actor Kamal Haasan to participate in a rally to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act here on 23 December, sources say that MNM has declined the invitation.
Sources state top leaders of MNM today visited DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam and met M K Stalin. ”It was Kamal Haasan who first gave his voice against CAA. We were the first to knock the doors of Supreme Court against CAA. Our leader has taken a serious view of the whole issue,” MNM sources say.
On Thursday, DMK organisation secretary and Rajya Sabha member R S Bharathi met Kamal Hassan and invited him to the rally. ”DMK president M K Stalin asked us to formally invite all the allies to the rally. Stalin also wanted us to invite Kamal Hassan. We met him and invited him,” he said.
Kamal Haasan who underwent a knee surgery is recuperating now. He met the agitating students of Madras University a few days ago and expressed his support to them.