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Stars that reached House of democracy via tinsel town road
The New Indian Express Villupuram
|June 07, 2025
MAKKAL Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and actor Kamal Haasan who is all set to enter the Rajya Sabha with the support of the DMK will be joining a long list of actors who have served in either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
The first among them was legendary actor SS Rajendran, who became a Rajya Sabha member on a DMK ticket in 1970. Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a leading star of her time, was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 as an AIADMK nominee and served until 1989.
This story is from the June 07, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Villupuram.
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