Amid election campaign heat in Tamil Nadu, actor-politician, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan, has said he is taking a break after a leg surgery.

“I travelled throughout the state covering over 5,000-KM in fifteen days spread over the last 5 weeks to meet with our people. I have returned after personally witnessing the upsurge of people longing for a change. My zest to meet with my people and to understand their concerns outweighed the advice given to me on my personal safety,” the actor-politician said.  "I will come back fully rejuvenated within a few days to resume my campaign with a new vigour," he has promised his followers.

Kamala Hassam further shared he travelled extensively ahead of the state polls despite the doctors' advise to him to take rest. "Due to an accident a few years back, I had undergone a surgery on my leg. In continuation to that surgery, I was required to undergo a follow up surgery. The doctors had advised me to take rest till then. I undertook my professional and political responsibilities superseding the advice given, to enable me to reach out to my brothers and sisters," his letter - shared on the micro-blogging site in Tamil and English.

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