Rajinikanth's political journey: All you need to know
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Dec 31, 2017, 19:43 IST
Highlights
Speculations about film actor Rajinikanth entering politics had been rife for last two decades. However, the actor, so far, had kept the cards close to his chest.
Today, the actor ended years of speculation and revealed that he will be contesting the assembly elections in 2021. In the wake of his announcement, here is a look at superstar’s hobnobbing with politics.
*The actor's first-known tryst with politics happened in the run-up to 1996 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, when he announced his willingness to support the Indian National Congress.
*However, plans of him supporting Congress remained inconclusive and Congress, much to the dismay of the actor, went forward to support AIADMK.
*Following the alliance between AIADMK and the Congress, the actor had famously said - "If Jayalalithaa (AIADMK chief) is voted back to power, even God cannot save Tamil Nadu."
*The AIADMK alliance lost, while DMK in alliance with Tamil Manila Congress swept the 1996 polls.
*A decade later, the actor went on to claim that his famous quote was the prime reason behind AIADMK party chief J Jayalalithaa's defeat in 1996.
*In the past, the actor was often accused of not fighting for the state's lifeline issues such as Cauvery water row with Karnataka. Every time, the Cauvery issue erupted, the pro-Tamil outfits used to target him for his "silence," in the matter.
*In 2002, seeking to counter such attacks, the actor had said he would start a people's movement on the Cauvery issue and also pursue the government for interlinking of Himalayan and peninsular rivers. The same year, he went on a fast asking the Karnataka government to release the Cauvery waters.
*He also offered to donate Rs 10 million from his personal fund for a project linking all the major rivers of the country in one centralised grid to solve the water problem across the country.
*In 2004, the actor extended his support to the NDA-led front on the assurance that, if elected, it will implement the water-linking project to solve country's water crisis.
*In 2008, the actor, along with colleagues from the Tamil film industry, sat on a day-long fast in Chennai protesting against Karnataka's objections to the planned drinking water project in Hogenekkal, situated on the border between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
*In 2014, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the actor once again stirred up talks of his entry into politics following his meeting with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Top CommentOn Dec 31 normal people go to party, but Rajnikanth forms his own party on 31 Dec. His style remains...Kasturirangan
*In October 2014, the actor left everyone guessing when he met Jayalalithaa after her release from the prison. (The AIADMK leader was in in prison for 21 days following her conviction in the disproportionate assets case.) During the meeting, the actor expressed his confidence that the AIADMK leader would make a comeback as the chief minister of the state.
*On December 31, 2017, the actor announced he would contest the next (2021) assembly election and would field candidates in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Dec 31, 2017, 19:43 IST
Highlights
Speculations about film actor Rajinikanth entering politics had been rife for last two decades. However, the actor, so far, had kept the cards close to his chest.
Today, the actor ended years of speculation and revealed that he will be contesting the assembly elections in 2021. In the wake of his announcement, here is a look at superstar’s hobnobbing with politics.
*The actor's first-known tryst with politics happened in the run-up to 1996 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, when he announced his willingness to support the Indian National Congress.
*However, plans of him supporting Congress remained inconclusive and Congress, much to the dismay of the actor, went forward to support AIADMK.
*Following the alliance between AIADMK and the Congress, the actor had famously said - "If Jayalalithaa (AIADMK chief) is voted back to power, even God cannot save Tamil Nadu."
*The AIADMK alliance lost, while DMK in alliance with Tamil Manila Congress swept the 1996 polls.
*A decade later, the actor went on to claim that his famous quote was the prime reason behind AIADMK party chief J Jayalalithaa's defeat in 1996.
*In the past, the actor was often accused of not fighting for the state's lifeline issues such as Cauvery water row with Karnataka. Every time, the Cauvery issue erupted, the pro-Tamil outfits used to target him for his "silence," in the matter.
*In 2002, seeking to counter such attacks, the actor had said he would start a people's movement on the Cauvery issue and also pursue the government for interlinking of Himalayan and peninsular rivers. The same year, he went on a fast asking the Karnataka government to release the Cauvery waters.
*He also offered to donate Rs 10 million from his personal fund for a project linking all the major rivers of the country in one centralised grid to solve the water problem across the country.
*In 2004, the actor extended his support to the NDA-led front on the assurance that, if elected, it will implement the water-linking project to solve country's water crisis.
*In 2008, the actor, along with colleagues from the Tamil film industry, sat on a day-long fast in Chennai protesting against Karnataka's objections to the planned drinking water project in Hogenekkal, situated on the border between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
*In 2014, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the actor once again stirred up talks of his entry into politics following his meeting with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Top CommentOn Dec 31 normal people go to party, but Rajnikanth forms his own party on 31 Dec. His style remains...Kasturirangan
*In October 2014, the actor left everyone guessing when he met Jayalalithaa after her release from the prison. (The AIADMK leader was in in prison for 21 days following her conviction in the disproportionate assets case.) During the meeting, the actor expressed his confidence that the AIADMK leader would make a comeback as the chief minister of the state.
*On December 31, 2017, the actor announced he would contest the next (2021) assembly election and would field candidates in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
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