A statement from Rajinikanth is expected later on Monday or Tuesday morning.
Three years after announcing that his entry into politics is imminent, actor Rajinikanth met with official Rajini Makkal Mandram bearers at the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam in Chennai on Monday. At the closed-door meeting, Rajinikanth interacted with 52 leaders of the Rajini Makkal Mandram, including the district secretaries. He asked them many questions, including why they thought a political party should start and run in the May 2021 elections.
Shortly after the meeting, speaking to the media, Stalin, a Thoothukudi official, said that many of them expressed concern for his health, while some argued that Rajinikanth should announce his political party. Since Rajinikanth has various health complications, it was hoped that following the advice of his doctors, he would rather steer clear of starting a party during the pandemic. However, according to bearers from RMM’s office, Rajinikanth, who asked for their views, will make an announcement on Monday night or Tuesday. Many believe that if age is not on his side, this could be the last window for Rajinikanth to take the political step.
“It will make a good announcement. But we will support him no matter what, ”said Anand, a Kanyakumari official.
“My entry into politics is safe. This is the compulsion of the times. In the next state assembly elections, I will start my own political party and compete in the 234 constituencies of Tamil Nadu, ”Rajinikanth had announced on New Year’s Eve in 2017. However, since then there has been little progress in the group to Form a political party with the Rajini Makkal Mandram being nothing more than a forerunner.
While the superstar was rumored to make it official in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election, it did not materialize. Recently, it was speculated that Rajinikanth had ended his political ambitions due to health problems, according to a note that is allegedly from the same superstar. However, Rajinikanth clarified that the note was false, but that the content about his health is true.
Rajinikanth had already said in March 2020 that he will not be the face of the party’s chief minister. He had said then: “I never wanted to be Chief Minister. In fact, I can’t even think about sitting in the Assembly and going through those procedures! I will be the head of the party, and the CM will be someone who is educated, forward-thinking. . It will be a person who can govern. And the head of the party will be like an opposition leader: we will be the first to question if something bad happens. We will not interfere with the government, there will not be two parallel power centers, “he said.
Rajinikanth’s entry into politics in Tamil Nadu, which has seen three actors rise to the post of Chief Minister in the past, has been a subject of intense speculation for decades. While observers have spent a great deal of time dissecting the superstar’s films and his punching lines for political messages, it was his unique catchphrase during the 1996 Assembly elections that once fueled speculation about his entry into politics for years. . His statement, “Not even God can save Tamil Nadu if Jayalalithaa returns to power,” is believed to have tipped votes in favor of the DMK-TMC combination during the 1996 elections.
While Rajini has since called his 1996 statement a ‘political accident’ and said he does not support any political parties, in 2004 the actor said he would vote for the BJP-AIADMK alliance in the Lok Sabha elections. On a number of issues ranging from Ram Sethu to interconnecting rivers, Rajini has followed the BJP line. The BJP has tried many times to trap Rajinikanth for its campaign, including in 2008 by LK Advani and in 2014 by then-prime minister Narendra Modi. However, despite the BJP’s efforts, the actor has chosen to avoid political prominence.
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