Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, on his 64th birthday today, said his Makkal Needhi Maiam party is ready to contest by-elections on 20 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, whenever they are held. Three months ago, Mr Haasan had indicated that his party would contest the 2019 general elections, but was "not in the mindset" to contest the by-election in the state. At the time, only two seats in the state were vacant owing to the death of the incumbents, DMK's M Karunanidhi and AIADMK's AK Bose.