No intention of joining politics in future: Rajinikanth dissolves Rajini Makkal Mandram

'RMM office-bearers will continue to be part of the Rajinikanth Fan Club Association that will involve itself in public service,' says Rajinikanth

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Monday dissolved Rajini Makkal Mandram, which was formed as a precursor to his political party, and made a categorical announcement that he has no intention of donning the hat of a politician in the future.

The statement puts at rest any doubts among Rajinikanth’s fans that he may take the political plunge in the future. The actor, who returned from the United States three days back after completing his medical check-up, made the announcement after meeting the office-bearers of the RMM at his Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam here.

“I had decided to take the political plunge and form a political party. That could not happen due to a range of reasons. I have no intention of joining politics in the future. I hereby inform you that I have decided to dissolve the Rajini Makkal Mandram. The office-bearers of the RMM would continue to be part of Rajinikanth Fan Club Association,” Rajinikanth said.

He added that the Rajinikanth Fan Club Association would go continue its public service in its old avatar. After announcing that he would contest the next assembly elections on the last day of 2017, Rajinikanth converted his fan clubs into Rajini Makkal Mandram which enrolled lakhs of people into the organization.

A series of issues, including his health, forced Rajinikanth to opt out of politics months before Tamil Nadu went to the polls in April 2021. After a definite announcement that he will announce the name of his political party on December 31, Rajinikanth released a statement two days earlier expressing his inability to form a party owing to his ill health.

In the statement on Monday, Rajinikanth recalled that RMM was formed as a precursor to his political party. Though Rajinikanth made it clear in January this year that he had no intention of going back on his “no-politics” stand, the actor’s fans have been speculating on his next move.

Rajinikanth’s political entry was keenly awaited by the BJP which suffered heartbreak on the day he announced his decision not to take the political plunge.