Rajini roots for 'upsurge' among TN people to enter politics

Belying his fans' expectations that he would unveil a definitive work plan for his political party's launch, actor Rajinikanth on Thursday said he never aspired for the Chief Minister's post and would enter politics when there is an "upsurge" among people favouring clean politics.

Propounding a three-pronged formula for his 'proposed' party to ensure a zero graft and clean politics, he said governance and the party apparatus should be completely delineated, a sleek organisational hierarchy should be in place and youth must get prominence.

Addressing a press conference here, the top star, in a dramatic style, banged on the lectern and said he will enter politics when he saw an upsurge among the people yearing for a change ushering in clean politics.

"I never aspired to become Chief Minister, not even in my dreams,"he said. Rajinikanth said he could not imagine himself sitting in the legislative assembly as CM and wanted the media and others to stop portraying him as a future chief minister.

Rajinikanth had on December 31, 2017 asserted that he will enter politics for sure and fight the 2021 Assembly elections.

At the press meet, billed by his supporters as an event that would set the ball rolling for the launch of his party, he said: "political change and regime change if (does not happen now) not now, never."
"That is what I desire, a wave (favouring change) an upheaveal, a political revolution should happen and I believe it will occur."