Former IAS officer Santhosh Babu joins MNM

Former IAS officer Santhosh Babu, who took voluntary retirement recently, joined the Makkal Needhi Maiam on Tuesday in the presence of party founder Kamal Haasan.

Addressing the media, Mr. Haasan said Dr. Babu, who is a doctor by qualification and had served as a civil servant for 25 years, had eight years of service left. But he left due to his “uncompromising honesty”.

“After he decided to get into politics, he joined the right party at the right time,” he said, adding that Dr. Babu would be the general secretary (party headquarters) and wwould handle IT, data, research, policy and election manifesto and all headquarters operations.