THE PROMISE OF CHANGE
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan kicked off his party Makkal Needhi Maiam’s poll campaign on December 13 from the temple town of Madurai, the same place where he had launched the party in February 2018, with the promise of providing a people-centric and honest government. The local authorities tried to put a spoke in the wheel at the last minute, refusing permission to campaign within Madurai city, so he took part in a Town Hall-style meeting at the local chamber of commerce and later drove out in a convoy, popping up out of his car’s sunroof to a rousing reception in nearby villages.
“Not just our governance style, our election strategy too will be
