BID TO PAINT ME SAFFRON, SAYS RAJINI

Superstar Rajinikanth has stirred the political cauldron once again, this time alleging attempts to saffronise him just as some people tried to saffronise Tamil savant Thiruvallur. “But neither Thiruvalluvar nor I would get into any saffron trap,” the actor told reporters outside his Poes Garden bungalow on Friday.

Rajini’s averment is being seen as a clear move to distance himself from the BJP even as his earlier statements and actions on various issues appeared to be pro-saffron; for instance, his statement sometime back that Modi is the strongest leader in the country because many have ganged up to fight him.

On his political stand in the light of persistent speculation that he’s all set to start a political party and align it with the BJP during the next Assembly polls (2021)— even if not joining the BJP— Rajinikanth now made it clear he would indeed launch into politics but “will not get into any saffron trap”.