Our long wait has ended: Kovai fans

“Our long wait has finally ended. All fan clubs in the district will work together to make our ‘thalaivar’ the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. We believe already 80 per cent of the people are in favour of his political entry,” said M Rajini Anandan, president of Rajinikan Fans Welfare Association. 

Anandan said that fans would start to reach out to public in rural areas to gather support for the superstar. “Discussions have already begun to start special wings for women and youth as sought by our thalaivar,” he said.

Celebrating his decision, the Rajini fans performed ‘angapradakshinam’ in a city temple, broke 1008 coconuts at the famous Echanari ‘Vinayagar’ temple, burst crackers and distributed sweets to public.

Hundreds of fans of Tamil cinema superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday burst crackers and distributed sweets here after the actor announced his entry into politics.

Rajinikanth had on Sunday said that he would be floating his own political party ahead of the next Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. The actor had said that the motto of his party would be “truthfulness, hard work and growth.” Hundreds of fans of the actor gathered here at the head-office of Maharashtra State Rajinikanth Welfare Association in suburban Chembur following the announcement. “We have 150 associations of Rajini sir in Maharashtra out of which 90 are in Mumbai. These are at places like Sion, Vashi, Govandi, Vasai, Santacruz, Malad among others which have a large Tamil population. It is a huge day for us, we are very happy,” Talapathy SK Aadhimoolam, president of the Maharashtra State Rajinikanth Welfare Association told. 

“Today he has name, fame, money, he has everything. He is entering politics for the welfare of society. For him the happiness of people matters the most. He has always said that he is thankful to his fans and everyone for whatever he has got in his life. He now wants to do good work for them (people). We are always with him and we pray for his long and successful innings in politics,” Aadhimoolam said.