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Bhakta’s daughter, Anita Mondal, had contested the LS polls in 2014 from the same seat, but lost to BJP. He informed that his party was contesting 40 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. “We are proud to have Makkal Needhi Maiam as an ally of the Trinamool in the Andamans,” she said.Banerjee said it was discussed that the superstar will hold a rally in the Andamans on April 6 in support of Mondal. KOLKATA: Actor Kamal Haasan , who last year launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, will campaign for the Trinamool Congress candidate at the Andamans on April 6.The Tamil superstar’s party has forged an alliance with Trinamool Congress at the islands’ sole Lok Sabha seat, from where the BJP’s Bishnu Pada Ray is the incumbent MP. “Our opposition parties are AIADMK, DMK and BJP.”Haasan said he saw support for Trinamool in the Andamans necessary because he was new to politics, his party was regional and also because there were a lot of similarities between Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Bengal..