A year after entering the Rajya Sabha, actor-politician Kamal Haasan has recorded 51% attendance, participated in just one debate and asked only two questions, according to official data. His parliamentary performance lags behind several first-time MPs from Tamil Nadu, drawing criticism from observers who say he has failed to utilise the opportunity.
A year after Kamal Haasan, one of India’s biggest movie stars and a Padma Bhushan awardee, entered the Rajya Sabha for the first time, statistics show his performance as a Parliamentarian has been abysmal. Official data from the Rajya Sabha website and non-profit PRS India shows that till July 31, the 71-year-old Haasan has an attendance record of only 51%, has participated in only one debate and asked only two questions in the Upper House of the Parliament.
He has also not contributed any Private Member’s Bill. Haasan, President of Makkal Needhi Maiam which is DMK’s alliance partner, has not attended a single day of the current monsoon session, missing the passage of Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill on July 29 which brought the national song Vande Mataram into its ambit. DMK’s Lok Sabha MPs Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and A Raja vehemently opposed the bill stating that it is against the nation’s secularis.
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Haasan entered the upper House of the Parliament on July 25, 2025 with the support of DMK which was the ruling party in Tamil Nadu then. His attendance during the 2025 winter and monsoon sessions were 80 and 100% respectively; but it dropped to 26% in the 2026 budget session. He participated in the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address on February 4. The two questions he has asked pertain to India’s thorium reserves and transition to E20 fuel. He continues to work as lead actor and produce films under his home banner.
