Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) leader Kamal Haasan is scheduled to join the rajya sabha after striking a poll agreement with the ruling DMK in tamil Nadu. On june 19, elections will be held for eight rajya sabha seats, two in assam and six in tamil Nadu.
 
Haasan was given the choice of running for one lok sabha seat or accepting a post-election rajya sabha seat after his Makkal Needhi Maiam formally joined the DMK-led alliance in tamil Nadu prior to the 2024 lok sabha elections.


Despite his party's full backing for the DMK-Congress alliance in tamil Nadu, the 70-year-old chose not to run in the lok sabha elections.

Haasan emphasized that his decision to join the DMK-led group was motivated more by national interest than by individual political benefit.
 
Interestingly, Haasan first proposed the MNM in 2018 as a rival to the DMK and AIADMK, two Dravidian parties.
 
When he spoke during the party's eighth founding day festivities in chennai earlier this year, the multifaceted actor alluded to his debut in Parliament.
 
"Our voice will be heard in parliament this year.  You will have a voice in the State assembly next year," he remarked.  


Anbumani Ramadoss, M Shanmugam, N Chandrasegharan, M Mohammed Abdulla, P Wilson, and vaiko are the six tamil Nadu MPs whose terms are set to expire on July 25.
 
 The DMK is predicted to win four of the six rajya sabha seats based on the current strength of the tamil Nadu assembly, which has 134 MLAs.  The AIADMK, which has once more allied itself with the BJP, is expected to receive the other two.

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