Kamal Haasan launched his campaign in Erode in support of the DMK-led alliance which includes the Congress and Left parties.
Published Mar 30, 2024 | 10:00 AM ⚊ Updated Mar 30, 2024 | 10:01 AM
Kamal Haasan campaigning for KE Prakash in Erode. (X)
Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday, 29 March, attacked the Centre over tax devolution to Tamil Nadu, alleging that it returned only 29 paise to the state out of every rupee contributed to the Union government.
Seeking votes for DMK’s Erode Lok Sabha constituency candidate KE Prakash, Haasan said despite driving the East India Company out of the nation, a company has now come from West India.
“It is a place where Gandhiji was born,” he said in a veiled reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and also the BJP.
Haasan, who founded the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party in 2018, without directly naming the Central government or the BJP, said out of every rupee contributed in taxes collected from the state, only 29 paise is returned to the state.
It is not known if the tax revenue collected by the Centre reached “brothers,” as they too come to Tamil Nadu for “coolie” work, Haasan said without elaborating further. “Where it is going (tax collected from Tamil Nadu and contributed to the Centre),” he asked.
Haasan launched his campaign in Erode in support of the DMK-led alliance which includes the Congress and Left parties.
MNM has been assured a Rajya Sabha seat in 2025 by Chief Minister MK Stalin. The party is not contesting the Lok Sabha polls.
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