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'System must change': Rajinikanth to float party, contest TN elections

Rajinikanth said hard work, the ideal of public service and honesty would be the cornerstones of the party he would launch

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Tamil actor Rajinikanth gestures at his fans after announcing his political debut on the final day of his six-day-long meet with fans, in Chennai on Sunday. The announcement ended the years of speculation about his joining of politics. PTI Photo

T E Narasimhan Chennai
Amid the political turmoil and vacuum created by J Jayalalithaa's demise and M Karunanidhi's ill-health, filmstar Rajinikanth on Sunday announced his foray into politics with plans to launch his own political party at an "appropriate time". The actor, who had been dilly-dallying about his political debut for several years now, added that his party would contest all the 234 seats in Tamil Nadu in the next Assembly elections in 2021. 

Addressing his fans at the Raghavendra marriage hall in Chennai, 67-year-old Rajinikanth said a lot has happened in Tamil Nadu in the past one year and that "all other states are