Rajini to launch party in Jan ahead of poll

Vibha Sharma

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 3

Ending years of suspense, superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday said he would launch his political party in January ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections for which the BJP has tied up with the ruling AIADMK against the DMK, which won a majority of the seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

‘Ready to sacrifice my life for people’

I am ready to sacrifice even my life for the sake of Tamil people. It is now or never. If I win, it will be the people’s victory and if I lose, it will be their defeat. Rajinikanth

An announcement on matters connected to the party launch would be made on December 31, he tweeted. Rajinikanth promised “wonder and miracle” while predicting a “sure win” for his party in the upcoming poll.

“In the upcoming Assembly elections, the emergence of spiritual politics will happen for sure. A wonder will happen,” he said on his twitter handle.“I am ready to sacrifice even my life for the sake of Tamil people. It is now or never. if I win, it will be the people’s victory and if I lose, it will be their defeat,” he was also quoted as saying ahead of the first Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu after the demise of DMK and AIADMK doyens, former chief ministers M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa.

Rajinikanth’s announcement shows the BJP’s southern dream is also falling in place, say observers. While the ruling AIADMK, led by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam, rediscovered faith in alliance with the saffron party after Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visit, observers are suggesting positive vibes from Rajinikanth who has so far been keeping fans and supporters guessing.

Though Shah’s message to the state leaders is clear that the BJP should build and expand on its own, and not depend on celebrities and outsiders, sources said the megastar conveyed his “feelings” to Shah via RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy.