'No govt can and should aim for permanency': Kamal Haasan’s thunderous RS speech

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan today expressed his concern about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. During a debate in the Uppoer House, the actor turned politician accused the commissions of denying voters of their right. "I consider this moment an honour... I was introduced to my language by my Tamil teachers. One of them was a political leader, C.N. Annadurai... He taught us to confront any invasion on our language, our culture, and our rights... You may say I'm not qualified to speak on economics with my high school dropout status. Let it be so. Nevertheless. As an extramural student of whatever university you all hail from, I have an opinion as a Tamilian. MK Gandhi helped me write this speech without anger. Periyar helped me add logic. Anna helped me understand this building... My imminent concern is the forthcoming elections. I wrote it down thinking only of the impending present. I call it the spell-checked story of the living dead. We want to cast a vote, sir, and commissions are checking our right to vote. They are checking the spellings and addresses and that too erroneously. We just want to cast our vote," he said.