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Free to Join Any Party They Want, Says Team Rajinikanth After Some Members Switch To DMK

Three weeks after superstar Rajinikanth announced his decision to not venture into politics, calling his recent health scare “a warning from God”, his team has come forward to say that members of Rajini Makkal Mandram are free to resign and join other parties. The statement was issued after reports emerged that some district chiefs of […]

Rajinikanth’s fan club says members free to join any political party after a few join DMK

New Delhi: A recent announcement from actor Rajinikanth’s unified fan club has said that their members are free to join other political parties if they wish. It added that they could join any party of their choice, after submitting their resignation to the Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM).  This announcement comes after a few RMM functionaries […]

Fans dejected with Thaliavar? Rajini Makkal Mandram office-bearers join DMK

CHENNAI; Three district secretaries of Rajini Makkal Mandram joined the DMK in the presence of party president M K Stalin here on Sunday. The development is following actor Rajinikanth’s recent abandonment of his plan to enter politics and face the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, due during April-May this year. District secretaries of Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram […]

Three Office Bearers of Rajinikanth’s Shelved Makkal Mandram Join DMK

Three district secretaries of Rajini Makkal Mandram joined the DMK in the presence of party president M K Stalin here on Sunday. The development is following actor Rajinikanth’s recent abandonment of his plan to enter politics and face the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, due during April-May this year. District secretaries of Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram A […]

For dejected Rajini fans, the offers keep coming

CHENNAI: Rajinikanth may have turned his back on electoral politics, but for his fans and supporters, crestfallen after his December 29 decision, a political career could still be on the horizon. Over the past week, many long-time fans of the actor have received offers from virtually every party in the Tamil Nadu, the DMK being the […]

Rajini still has a part to play in TN’s ‘unstable’ politics, says Gurumurthy

Superstar Rajnikanth may have said he is not launching a party, but the actor still has a “part to play” in Tamil Nadu’s unstable and volatile political stage, according to weekly Tamil news magazine Thuglak editor and RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy. Speaking at a public platform on the 51st anniversary celebrations of the magazine, Gurumurthy said he could not […]

S Gurumurthy Refuses To Rule Out Rajinikanth’s Political Plunge; Hints At 2025

In a big claim on Thursday, Tughlak editor S Gurumurthy refused to rule out the entry of Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth into the electoral politics of Tamil Nadu. On December 29, 2020, Rajinikanth dashed the hopes of thousands of his supporters by going back on his decision to join politics. Though his fans held a huge demonstration at Valluvar Kottam in […]

Lawrence tenders apology to fans of Superstar Rajinikanth

Though it has been two weeks since Superstar Rajinikanth had announced that he won’t foray into politics, his die-hard fans are yet to come to terms with it. Many of them took to streets recently, requesting their matinee idol to reconsider his decision. The next day, the star took to social media to request his fans not to […]

No change in plan, Rajini makes it clear to fans

CHENNAI: Actor Rajinikanth on Monday made an appeal to his fans, asking them not to conduct any events urging him to enter politics. The actor was referring to the demonstration held by his fans at Valluvar Kottam on Sunday. After going back-and-forth for a while, the actor recently made it clear that he was not going […]

Rajinikanth requests fans to not urge him to take the political plunge

On Sunday, a number of dejected fans of Superstar Rajinikanth had gathered at Valluvar Kottam, asking the actor to take the political plunge. The actor had announced earlier that he was not going to enter politics considering his health condition. Though Rajinikanth had announced in the first week of December that was indeed ready to take the plunge, he reconsidered his […]

My decision final: Rajinikanth

A day after his fans protested in the city demanding that actor Rajinikanth reverse his decision to not enter active politics, Mr. Rajinikanth has said that he was pained at the protest organised by some members of Rajini Makkal Mandram. In a statement, Mr. Rajinikanth said that while he appreciated that organisers had held the event with […]

Don’t urge me to join politics: Rajinikanth tells his protesting fans

CHENNAI: Top star Rajinikanth on Monday categorically said he would not enter politics and appealed to his fans to not organise any events to urge him to reconsider his decision. A day after his fans held an agitation here, urging him to reverse his choice, the actor said he has already made known his decision […]

Rajinikath Urges Fans To Stop Protests Over Decision on Politics, Says It’s ‘Inflicting Pain’ on Him

Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth once again reiterated on Monday that he was not interested in entering politics. The actor took to Twitter to request his fans not to pressurise him to do so. The actor issued a statement on Twitter after protests by members of the Rajini Makkal Mandram in Chennai on Sunday urging him to enter politics without any […]

Rajinikanth Aide Tamilaruvi Breaks Promise, Retakes Political Plunge On Followers’ Request

In the latest development, former Rajinikanth aide Tamilaruvi Manian did a U-turn on his decision to retire from politics and announced his move to return to the fold on the ‘request of his party functionaries’. Tamilaruvi Manian, the founder of Gandhi Makkal Iyakkam, vowed to ‘never return to politics until death.’ The veteran leader said this […]

Va Va Thalaiva, chant fans

CHENNAI: Chants of ‘va va thalaiva’ (come, my leader) and ‘mattruvom mattruvom, elavatrayum mattruvom’ (we will change everything) thundered in Valluvar Kottam on Sunday. Not having the heart to accept that their beloved actor will not take the political plunge, thousands of Rajinikanth fans staged a dharna on Sunday, urging the actor to rethink his decision. […]