Chennai, May 7 -- Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) president and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan on Thursday said that not inviting Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay to form the government in Tamil Nadu would amount to "disrespecting the mandate" of the people.

In a post on X, Haasan said the Assembly election verdict had produced an unprecedented situation in Tamil Nadu, where no single party had secured a majority on its own.

"In the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections, the people have not granted any single party the authority to form a government independently. This outcome is unprecedented in the history of Tamil Nadu," Haasan said.

Referring to outgoing Chief Minister MK Stalin, Haasan praised his response to the election ve...