With hours to go for the launch of his political party in Madurai, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said there was "no politics" involved in his visit to the former President late APJ Abdul Kalam's residence in Rameswaram on Wednesday, or his proposed visit to a school, which did not fructify as the administration denied him permission, where the former President had studied. "Kalam is an important person for me...

I was attracted by his patriotism and aspirations.. There is no politics in the visit to his house," he told a press conference. ...