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Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha election: The announcement of candidates for the Rajya Sabha election has started. Elections are being held on June 19. A big name is emerging from Tamil Nadu and the ruling party DMK has announced to contest four out of six seats. It is now likely that famous actor Kamal Haasan will be declared a candidate.
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Actor Kamal Haasan, trapped in controversy over Kannada and Tamil languages, will now enter Parliament. There are reports that Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, has given a seat of his quota to Kamal Haasan in Rajya Sabha. On Tuesday, the DMK announced the names of three candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election. Actor Kamal Haasan made a comment during the promotion of his upcoming film ‘Thug Life’ in Bangalore, which led to the controversy. Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Many Kannada organizations and leaders including Vijayendra have strongly condemned his comment. Meanwhile, it is reported that Dravida Munnetra, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, can send Kamal Haasan to Rajya Sabha. The party has announced the names of three candidates for the Rajya Sabha election, which is likely to include Hassan’s name.
DMK-Congress alliance benefits
The Rajya Sabha election will increase the number of members of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The term of six Tamil Nadu MPs ends in July. Two MPs from Assam are also retiring. Three of the six seats in Tamil Nadu are DMK MPs. The remaining three seats are AIADMK, PMK and MDMK MPs. But given the two-thirds majority of DMK in the assembly, its number of seats may increase to four. Chief Minister Stalin can also give a seat to Congress. One of the two seats getting vacant in Assam is with the BJP and the other is with the Assam Gana Parishad. According to the assembly equations, one seat is set to go to the account of BJP and the other Congress.
The number of opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha will be 91. Currently this number is 89. The number of NDA can be reduced from 128 to 126. However, their majority will remain and they will not have any problem in passing the important bill.
Kamal Haasan will be sent to Rajya Sabha
The DMK has decided to send Makkal Nidhi Maiam chief and actor Kamal Haasan to Rajya Sabha. The agreement has been reached between the two. Elections will be held on June 19 for six Tamil Nadu and two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam. After joining hands with DMK in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Hassan has received a proposal to contest from Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha seat after the election. Haasan formed a party as a third option in Tamil Nadu after DMK-AIDMK in 2018, but he could not do anything amazing. Significantly, recently assembly elections have been held in many states including Haryana, Odisha, Jharkhand and Delhi. Except Jharkhand, the BJP has won a major victory in other states. In such a situation, NDA can get some more seats in the coming time.
