Dubbing October 21 by-polls to two Assembly segments in Tamil Nu as a "corrupt political drama" by AIMK and DMK and a "power struggle," between m, Makakl Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday said his party would t contest by-elections.

MNM to avoid contesting by-polls

Haasan-led party, which its electoral debut in Lok Sabha polls months ago and secured third slot in a number of seats, said it does t want to be part of "this corrupt political drama in name of byelections to Nanguneri and Vikravandi." In a statement here, party president Kamal Haasan said:

"It is very apparent that byelections will be thing more than a power struggle between ruling party and one which governed earlier to retain ir power and positions y have."

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actor-politician said MNM is rapidly working towards getting support of people of Tamil Nu and "to form government in 2021, reby removing old, redundant political parties and ir corrupt counterparts to provide good governance which people deserve." On Saturday, DMK chief M K Stalin h anunced said his party would seek re-election from Vikravandi and its ally Congress from Nanguneri, and also Kamaraj Nagar in Puducherry.

Vikravandi and Nanguneri seats fell vacant in June and May this year respectively. DMK's K Rathamani, who represented Vikravani died, while H Vasantha Kumar of Congress, who was Nanguneri MLA, resigned from his post in May following his election to Lok Sabha from Kanyakumari constituency. V Vaithilingam of Congress, who represented Kamaraj Nagar, resigned after he was elected to Lok Sabha from Union Territory.

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Kamal Hassan on techie's death

Earlier on Friday, Kamal Hassan blamed "government apathy" and "half-baked politicians" for recent death of a 23-year old techie in Chennai after an illegal hoarding put up by an AIMK functionary crashed on her. victim, R Subhashree, was riding a two-wheeler when she lost her balance and fell on ro after hoarding crashed on her. She was run over by a water tanker that came from behind. incident prompted public outr. Haasan has said powers-that-be have kept people "slaves" by calling m "ordinary" folks, but asserted such "ordinary" citizens create "extraordinary" leers.

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