Chennai: Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan today presented a car to woman driver Sharmila, who quit her job over a controversy surrounding issuing of bus ticket to DMK MP Kanimozhi last week.

Sharmila alleged Kanimozhi was ‘disrespected’ by a woman conductor over carrying a ticket although the DMK MP bought one. The issue seemed to be over tickets for those accompanying Kanimozhi. Barely minutes after the DMK Parliamentarian took a ride from Gandhipuram to Peelamedu in the city, Sharmila said she had to give up her ”dream job” allegedly after her colleague disrespected Kanimozhi and also because her management accused her of seeking publicity by inviting prominent personalities to travel in the bus.

Kamal Haasan said, ‘If is a new beginning for Sharmila. From a driver, she will now rise to become an entrepreneur. Tomorrow she will create thousands of confident and independent women like her’.