Superstar Rajinikanth who is in news for his political move from the time of his announcement, has now cleared his stance about race for chief minster post. Addressing media in Tamil Nadu, Darbar actor said that he is not in race for CM’s post,a dding he would be dubbed fool if he would contest at this juncture. He said that 60-65 per cent of his party’s candidate for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be in the age group of 45-50. The remaining seats will go to “good people” in other parties, professionals, judges, and former IAS officers.
Recalling his speech on December 31, 2017, Rajini said that he was not into politics for power. At the age of 45 (in 1996) he was not interested in political power, and now at the age of 68 (in 2017) one cannot say he is power crazy, he recalled saying two years ago. Earlier, a large number of the actor’s fans assembled outside his residence and cheered loudly and showered flower petals as he drove out in his BMW car. In a recent meeting with district Secretaries of Rajini Makkal Mandram, it was said that the actor turned politician had mooted the idea of keeping the party and government separate.
On the other hand, his fans categorically asserted that Rajinikanth should be the party’s chief ministerial candidate. If ever there has to be a division between party and the government, then the party leadership could be given to someone else, they said. The fans also questioned why they should work and vote for someone else if Rajinikanth is not going to be the chief ministerial candidate.
On December 31, 2017, Rajinikanth had announced his decision to float a political party to practice ‘spiritual politics’ and contest all 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu in 2021. The actor said at that time that his entry into politics was a “compulsion of time” since the country’s politics had gone wrong.
