The Times Of India |
Dec 31, 2017 , 09:44:30 IST
He only announced he is entering politics, had no details or documents, he is illiterate. Its only media hype, people of Tamil Nadu are intelligent: Subramanian Swamy, BJP on #Rajinikanth pic.twitter.com/4dDZWLGxdd
& mdash; ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2017
Speaking on the last day of his fan interaction at Raghavendra Marriage Hall in Kodambakkam, Rajinikanth said he would contest the next (2021) assembly election and would field candidates in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu
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Chennai: Fans celebrate after #Rajinikanth announces political entry pic.twitter.com/K1Vul6UFCZ
& mdash; ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2017
Truth ,work and growth will be the three mantras of our party: #Rajinikanth pic.twitter.com/y0SLMaE5EZ
& mdash; ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2017
Will take a call closer to Lok Sabha polls on whether to contest in that or not. I am not entering politics for post or position. If I wanted it, I would have got it in 1996 itself. The system has to change. Democracy has been corrupted and needs to be cleansed
Chennai: #Rajinikanth arrives at Sri Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, expected to make a major announcement shortly pic.twitter.com/DbwDQEUoaq
& mdash; ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2017
Chennai: I will make the announcement after reaching Sri Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam says #Rajinikanth as he leaves from his residence pic.twitter.com/wVO8NtrzEh
& mdash; ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2017
Rajinikanth fans celebrate during the final day of interaction in Chennai pic.twitter.com/a3OX4XviqK
& mdash; TOIChennai (@TOIChennai) December 31, 2017
I am not new to politics. I'm there since 1996. I got delayed. Entering is equal to victory. I will announce a decision on December 31.
D-Day for Thalaivar fans: #Rajinikanth to spill the beans on his political entry today
& mdash; ANI Digital (@ani_digital) December 30, 2017
Read @ANI story | https://t.co/ZDPpzJMYGS pic.twitter.com/V2BzvZ0a7w
Kalaignanam, who believes that no other actor in the Tamil film industry is ready to take the political plunge now, told a Tamil TV channel: "Rajinikanth will announce his political entry on December 31 in front of his fans. He will launch his own party. He will not seek an alliance with other parties. If other parties approach him, he may consider allying with them."
With more than Rs 300 crore at stake on two films, - '2.0' and 'Kaala' - Rajinikanth would not risk revealing his political ambitions now.
Will he? Won't he? Rajinikanth is likely to keep the suspense alive as he makes the promised statement on his political entry on Sunday.
People who interacted with the actor in the past few days say he would not announce a political party till his two movies in can are released. But nobody rules out a surprise.
