New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and actor Kamal Haasan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday within the nationwide capital and requested him to “expedite the popularity of Keeladi’s antiquity.”

Taking to X, Kamal Haasan shared a number of photos from his first assembly with the PM after being sworn in as a Member of Rajya Sabha final month.

“Immediately, I had the honour of assembly the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi ji. As a consultant of the individuals of Tamil Nadu and as an artist, I positioned earlier than him a couple of requests, foremost amongst them was the decision to expedite the popularity of Keeladi’s antiquity,” Kamal Haasan shared.

“I urged the Prime Minister to increase his help to the Tamil individuals in showcasing to the world the grandeur of Tamil civilisation and the timeless glory of the Tamil language,” he added.

As a symbolic gesture, the MP additionally offered Prime Minister Modi with a memento themed round Keeladi village, 12km from Madurai on the banks of the Vaigai river, an historic web site courting again to the Sangam period. Nonetheless, the Centre and DMK-led Tamil Nadu authorities have been at loggerheads over the Keezhadi, additionally spelt Keeladi, findings.

On July 25, the 69-year-old veteran actor took the oath in Tamil as MP within the Higher Home of Parliament, receiving a powerful applause from fellow MPs.

Kamal Haasan’s election to the Higher Home marks a big milestone in his political journey, as he assumes a nationwide legislative position for the primary time. He was nominated with the help of the ruling DMK-led alliance, which had promised him a Rajya Sabha seat in return for MNM’s help through the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Kamal Haasan filed his nomination on June 6 on the Tamil Nadu Secretariat within the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin, Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin, and DMK allies, together with VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan, MDMK’s Vaiko, and Tamil Nadu Congress chief Selvaperunthagai.

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