Superstar Rajinikanth shocked everyone when he announced yesterday that he would be stepping down from politics due to his ill-health.
According to the previous plan, Rajini was supposed to make an official announcement about his political entry on the 31st of December, 2020, and he was supposed to have launched his political party in January.
With the news of him quitting politics coming just a few days prior to his original plan quite literally got everyone confused and bemused.
While Rajini stated that he took this decision due to his ill-health, and family pressures, the political circles in Tamil Nadu are telling a completely different story.
Recently, Rajini got a survey done in the state of Tamil Nadu, privately, about the chances of him winning the Tamil Nadu general elections next year.
In the survey, it was reportedly declared that the chances of Rajini himself winning are also very slim, and that the probability of winning 102 seats out of the 234 seats is also very slim.
This survey is said to have majorly influenced Rajini’s decision of taking a backstep from politics.
Back when PV Narasimha Rao was alive, he had tried to rope both Chiranjeevi and Rajinikanth into politics from the Congress party, from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu respectively.
However, as the Congress was in a low phase back then, both the stars had declined the offer and stayed away from politics for a long time, until Chiranjeevi entered politics with Praja Rajyam a few years ago.
Despite a lot of hopes, Chiranjeevi managed to get only 18% votes and 17 seats. Now, Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena’s situation is even worse, considering that the times have changed, and people are not very much inclined towards celebrities as politicians, as they once were.
Tamil actors Kamal Haasan and Vijaykanth also saw dismal results, with not many voting for them, which is stated to be another reason for Rajini to take a backstep.
On the other hand, Rajini’s reputation went for a toss when he supported the members of Sterlite Industries, instead of the people, when there were troubles for the company with the people.
A lot of people also did not like the fact that Rajini was supporting the BJP and the Modi government, which led to a widespread disfavour towards Rajini as a politician.
It is also being said that there’s also a strong feeling in the people of Tamil Nadu against Rajini as a politician, as he is choosing to enter politics when he is constantly in and out of hospitals due to ill-health, instead of entering politics when he was hale and healthy.
Keeping all of these facts in mind, Rajini is said to have chosen to stay away from politics.
This is not to say that Rajini is not suffering from ill-health, it just means that he fell sick at the exact right time of his political entry, which gave him a safe exit method from politics.