With superstar Rajinikanth announcing that he would not be taking the political plunge, as expected by many of his fans, including parties like the BJP, Kamal Haasan has said that he would still seek the support of the sensational film star since both are “good friends”. Meanwhile, Haasan also claimed that the BJP was looked upon as an ‘irrelevant’ party in Tamil Nadu. This statement of his comes even though his own Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has had close to no impact in the state and even as the party failed to send a single MP to the Lok Sabha, post the 2019 General elections.
Kamal Haasan is a leader whose fortunes have taken a big hit with Rajinikanth’s decision of not joining politics. The MNM chief was hoping that the two actors – himself and Rajinikanth would fight the upcoming assembly polls together, and as a consequence, have their own government formed. Now, however, such far-fetched dreams too stand shattered, as Haasan begins finding solace in the presumption that Rajinikanth would at least support the MNM in the coming months.
Alone, Kamal Haasan has not amounted to much in Tamil Nadu, and recently he has also been at the receiving end of some bad press. Reports about Haasan’s party – MNM gearing up to ally with Owaisi’s AIMIM had forced Kamal to hint at him being open to an alliance with Rajinikanth when the latter was still looking to launch his own party. Rajinikanth, by his own admission, had repeatedly said that his politics would be “spiritual”, indicating his inclinations for the BJP and NDA.
TFI has already reported how Rajinikanth might very well give his support to the BJP, now that he is not forming his own party. Rajinikanth’s and the BJP’s ideologies are largely similar, naturally putting the saffron party at an advantage of getting outward support from the superstar. As a matter of fact, Kamal Haasan is aware of the same, which is why he will be meeting with Rajinikanth soon, in an attempt to convince him to support the MNM and his chief ministerial ambitions instead of the BJP.
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Further, Kamal Haasan also sought to win-over Rajinikanth from a distance, as he said that he was not against spirituality per se. “There is no animosity between myself and spirituality. No one can force me to accept spirituality just like I cannot force anyone to accept rationality,” he said. This statement clearly ironed out his ideological differences with Rajinikanth, before the MNM chief seeks an audience with the superstar in Chennai.
Kamal Haasan still stands to lose out on a lot, and the upcoming assembly polls could very well be the last electoral battles fought by him. The BJP is most likely to get the support of Rajinikanth, even as Haasan finds himself with a shortage of friends and amid a boring political run, all alone.