The actor-turned politician pointed out that 33% of the politicians were involved in one scam or the other and had been convicted.
It was time to boot out the looters, who in the last 50 years had brought about a cloud of darkness over the State, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan said here at a public meeting on Monday.
“It is the torch light (his party symbol) that can provide light to the people in this darkness. A few others are also claiming to show light to the people. But that is for them to loot more,” he said. Just as he wanted to take Indian cinema to the world level and had made attempts towards that, he wanted to develop Tamil Nadu by making it a one trillion dollar economy.
His party, even if dubbed the third front, should not be taken lightly because AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran too had founded the party as a third front by demanding accountability in the DMK.
Hitting out at those who questioned the MNM’s vote base, the actor-turned politician…