Haasan meets EC for party’s registration

Actor Kamal Haasan, who floated Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) in February, on Wednesday met Election Commission officials and expressed confidence that the process of registration of his political party will be done in about a week.

“I came here for a formal meeting. They asked certain questions and we gave them the answers. There was no major objection,” the actor-turned politician told reporters after the meeting.

The 63-year-old said the poll officials told him “they would decide in a week or 10 days”.

Asked about the party’s symbol, he said there has been no decision on it yet and the issue will be first discussed within the party before approaching the commission.

Haasan slammed the Tamil Nadu government for arresting people protesting against the eight-lane green corridor between Chennai and Salem.

“To treat anyone talking about environment as a crime is not acceptable. This concern should be there among all,” he told reporters when asked about his views on the raging controversy over the proposed expressway connecting the two cities.

The Tamil Nadu police has been accused of indiscriminate and arbitrary arrests of people and activists protesting against the project on the ground that thousands of hectares of land of agriculturists and others would be acquired, leaving them in the lurch.

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