Ahead of his state-tour tomorrow, Kamal Haasan met CECs

February 20, 2018 16:10

Veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan will kick off his state-wide tour tomorrow with the launch of his political party and its "guiding principles" in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. To ensure he doesn't trip up even before he begins his foray into politics, Haasan has been meeting the three former Chief Election Commissioners in Chennai -- TN Seshan, N Gopalaswami and TS Krishnamurthi. He asked them tough questions aimed at understanding the nuances of registering the party, its symbol and manifesto, filing of income tax returns, and every kind of detail that a debutante politician should know. The answers or rather the tonality of the answers were positive. The actor told the CECs that he wanted to understand the depth of the institution of democracy from them. And who better than guardians of democracy?

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