CHENNAI: Actor Rajinikanth he continued to maintain suspense over his political entry. But Rajinikanth on Monday asked his Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) officials to continue his efforts to strengthen the mandram while he would announce his final decision on taking the political step soon.
Rajini Makkal Mandram’s district secretaries, who met actor Rajinikanth on Monday morning at the latter’s Raghavendra Marriage Hall in Chennai to express their views on the future course of action, urged him to soon launch his political party. They also wanted him to be the CM candidate of the party and not name anyone else, unlike what the actor had previously hinted at.
“We urge you to enter politics for the sake of the people of Tamil Nadu. All district secretaries have urged the same. He listened to all of our views and said that he would issue an official statement on Monday evening or Tuesday, “RMM official Stalin reporters outside the wedding hall.” Any decision you make is acceptable to us. Even if he decides not to go into politics, that’s fine with us, “the official said.
“RMM officials have agreed to abide by whatever decision I make. I will make my decision and announce it as soon as possible,” Rajinikanth told reporters outside his Poes Garden residence, after returning from their meeting at his Raghavendra wedding hall. .
A large crowd had gathered in front of the wedding hall in Kodambakkam since Monday morning. Anxious fans, who wore RMM badges, joyfully expressed their views on television news channels. They hoped that Rajinikanth would certainly take the political step and launch his own party soon.
Fans sprayed flower petals on the actor’s car when he arrived at the scene. Shortly after going downstairs, he donned a mask, waved to the fans, and quickly entered the hall. The meeting, which was attended by around 50 people, including RMM district secretaries and state-level officials, began around 10 a.m. and lasted around 90 minutes.
Almost all the district secretaries in unison fought for his entrance into politics by launching his own party and becoming a CM candidate himself. There is a surge of support among the people for him, the actor was told, the sources said.
Later he met with the district secretaries, one after another in private, to get their opinions. “In his speech, Rajinikanth urged district secretaries to continue to strengthen the RMM at the grassroots across the state. He expressed his disgust at the functioning of the mandram in some districts and that he might be forced to change some of the officials in those districts, ”the sources said.
After meeting with RMM officials, Rajinikanth stepped out onto the balcony of the wedding hall and greeted his fans who were waiting outside. He looked happy and healthy.
Monday’s meeting was called in line with his Oct. 29 statement, where Rajinikanth said he would take a final call on his entry into politics after consulting RMM officials. Rajini tweeted after a ‘statement’ was leaked detailing his health condition and the pandemic as reasons for his dilemma over taking the political step. He repudiated the statement, but acknowledged that the details about his health were true.
In early March this year, Rajinikanth told reporters that he wanted to see an “uprising” among people seeking “change” from the Dravidian parties that have ruled the state for more than 50 years. He said he did not want to become prime minister, but would nominate the best qualified person for that position if his party won the election.
On December 31, 2017, Rajinikanth told his fans, in a meeting at the same location that he would address his mandram, that he would enter politics in time for the assembly elections and would present candidates in all 234 segments of the assembly. “I am going to propagate spiritual politics,” he had said.
On video: Rajinikanth meets Makal Mandaram members, unlikely to take a political step
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