Kamal Haasan has been campaigning for the upcoming state elections (Archive)
Chennai:
In a setback for Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan, ahead of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, General Secretary A Arunachalam joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of the Minister of the Union, Prakash Javadekar, on Friday.
Mr. Arunachalam is from a town in the Tuticorin district. The development came at a time when Haasan is campaigning for the upcoming state elections.
During a press conference at the BJP headquarters in Chennai, BJP leader Javadekar said: “I am very confident that the BJP will show a stronger performance in Tamil Nadu. Many parties across the country have a family party and our party is a family, which is the difference “. between them and us. I am confident that we will give a stellar performance in the state elections. “
The BJP leader said the party has been operating in one state after another in every election.
“In Hyderabad, we had four seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), now we have 48 seats. We won by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. In the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP has become the biggest party. We will do our best in Tamil Nadu as well, “he said.
Later, the president of the Paatali Makkal Katchi (PMK) media wing, Solan Kumara Vandayar, also joined the BJP in the presence of Javadekar.
Along with Javadekar, BJP State Chairman L Murugan and other party officials paid flower tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the anniversary of his birth at the BJP headquarters in Chennai.
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