Chennai: Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan will today release the second list of candidates of his party for the 6 April Assembly elections.
According to sources, he will contest from Alandur, in an apparent bid to claim MGR legacy. It was in Alandur former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran secured a massive win decades ago, it may be recalled.
Kamal Haasan on Wednesday released the first list of 70 candidates for the April six Assembly elections.
It would be contesting in 154 of the total 234 seats, while allotting 40 seats each to its allies, the AISMK led by actor R Sarathkumar and IJK led by Lok Sabha member Paarivendhar, who won the polls on DMK ticket in 2019.
While maintaining the suspense from which constituency he would be contesting from, Kamal announced that his party’s star candidates, including newly appointed VP, V Ponraj, former advisor to late President APJ Abdul Kalam, former IAS officer Santhosh Babu, who quit the service recently, movie lyricist Snehan and 25-year old environmental activist, Padmapriya will contest from Anna Nagar, Villivakkam, Virugambakkam and Maduravoyal respectively.
The party has also fielded seven Muslim candidates in RK Nagar, Hosur, Pennagaram, Namakkal, Aravakurichi, Kunnam and Nagappatinam.
Reports suggest that Kamal might contest from two seats. It would be a toss up between Alandur, T Nagar and Mylapore seats and discussions were still on over whether he should contest from two constituencies or one.
He had already announced that former AIADMK MLA Pazha Karuppiah, who joined the party recently, would also be given ticket.