Kamal Haasan meets Rahul, discusses politics in TN (Lead)
Wednesday - June 20, 2018 7:44 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kamal Haasan meets Rahul, discusses politics in TN (Lead)
New Delhi June 20 (IANS) Actor Kamal Haasan who has floated a new political party Makkal Needhi Maiam on Wednesday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu.
"Enjoyed meeting Kamal Haasan in Delhi today. We discussed a wide range of issues concerning our two parties including the political situation in Tamil Nadu " Gandhi said in a tweet later.
Haasan responded through a tweet and thanked Gandhi for his inputs. "Thank you Rahul Gandhiji for the time and inputs. Hope our conversation was useful to you as well " he said.
The meeting that lasted nearly an hour took place at Gandhi s residence.
"We did discuss politics but not the way you think " Haasan told reporters after the meeting which he initially described as a courtesy call.
To a question whether an alliance between his party and the Congress in Tamil Nadu was discussed he said: "We did not discuss that."
Earlier in the day Haasan met Election Commission officials and expressed confidence that the process of registration of his political party will be done in around a week s time.
--IANS
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"Enjoyed meeting Kamal Haasan in Delhi today. We discussed a wide range of issues concerning our two parties including the political situation in Tamil Nadu " Gandhi said in a tweet later.
Haasan responded through a tweet and thanked Gandhi for his inputs. "Thank you Rahul Gandhiji for the time and inputs. Hope our conversation was useful to you as well " he said.
The meeting that lasted nearly an hour took place at Gandhi s residence.
"We did discuss politics but not the way you think " Haasan told reporters after the meeting which he initially described as a courtesy call.
To a question whether an alliance between his party and the Congress in Tamil Nadu was discussed he said: "We did not discuss that."
Earlier in the day Haasan met Election Commission officials and expressed confidence that the process of registration of his political party will be done in around a week s time.
--IANS
ps/vsc/him/
