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Rajinikanth to float party and contest next assembly polls

Speaking on the last day of his fan interaction at Raghavendra Marriage Hall in Kodambakkam here, Rajinikanth said he would contes... Read More
CHENNAI: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced his plan to enter politics and said he would float his own party.

Rajinikanth announces political entry: Key quotes

Speaking on the last day of his fan interaction at Raghavendra Marriage Hall in Kodambakkam here, Rajinikanth said he would contest the next (2021) assembly election and would field candidates in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.



He said, “I am not entering politics for post or position. if I had wanted it, I would have got it in 1996 itself. If at the age of 45 I had not aspired for that, why would I do it at the age of 68?”

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The superstar said, “My politics will be based on spirituality, not on religion or caste.”

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“The whole thing has to change. The system has to change. Democracy has been corrupted. It needs to be cleansed ,” he added.

“From the days of kings and rulers looting other countries and kingdoms, we have come to a level where rulers are looting their own country,” said Rajinikanth.





He said politics in the state over the last year had made people hang their heads in shame.

He said there was no time to look at the local body polls. However, he would take a call closer to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on whether to contest in that or not.

“This is not a film. This is politics. We have to spread ourselves to every street in the street,” the actor said.

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He said initially the focus should be on strengthening fan clubs, reviving those that are defunct and getting everyone, especially women folk, into them.



Fans celebrated Rajinikanth's announcement of his decision to enter politics. They danced and shouted slogans.

"I will join Rajinikanth's party," BJP Tiruvallur executive committee member SV Selvaraj, who was among the fans, told TOI.

Fan club Salem district functionary K M Parthasarathi said, “The superstar will henceforth be known as Makkal Kavalan (protector of people), not Mannan and Thalapathi.”

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