Rajinikanth recounts being stunned by advice over his attempt to embrace politics

Rajinikanth recounts being stunned by advice over his attempt to embrace politics

Legendary actor Rajinikanth
looking back at his unsuccessful attempts at entering politics, on Sunday recounted how he was stunned upon being bombarded with advice.

The legend lauded Chief Minister Janaki Ramachandran for not having listened to any advice, and for making a decision on her own to endorse
Jayalalithaa’s leadership of the AIADMK (following the divided AIADMK’s defeat in the 1989 Assembly election).

In 2017 he had said that he will enter politics. After that, he met many people, and many came to advice him. Had he listened to all of them, that was it, he would have lost his peace.

He Wasn’t sure if they actually knew what they were talking about,” Rajinikanth said in a video, which was played at the birth centenary celebrations of Janaki, organised by the AIADMK here.

Amidst Quoting spiritualist Ramakrishna Paramahamsa that decisions should be made for one’s good as well as others’ welfare, Rajinikanth asserted that the decision that Janaki had taken was in line with this ideal.
He recounted various anecdotes to underline the lives of AIADMK founder M.G. Ramachandran and his wife Janaki. Referring to the seperation of the AIADMK after MGR’s death, Rajinikanth recalled how the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol, “the brahmastram of the AIADMK”, was frozen and the factions lost in the elections soon after.

Having realised that she was not cut out for politics, Janaki invited Jayalalithaa and said that the latter had the courage and maturity to lead the AIADMK. She then withdrew from politics, the actor said.
He thanked AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami and others for having organised Janaki’s birth centenary celebrations.

News Edit KV Raman