In the Mobile Marketing Association 2018 SMARTIES India Awards and Forum, among several competitors, Maiam Whistle, Makkal Needhi Maiam’s app has won two top honours. It won silver in Social Impact/ Not for Profit and bronze in location based service /targeting categories.

An elated Kamal Haasan tweeted, ‘It is a rare honour for a political party. I thank my men who used the app to resolve various issues and redress the grievance of people’.

Meanwhile the party is planning to hold grama sabha meetings across the state as part of Gandhi Jayanthi fete.