Actor Rajinikanth on Monday dissolved his political outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram citing he has no plans to re-enter in to politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rajini Makkal Mandram, launched in 2018, will now functions as Rajinikanth Fans Welfare Forum to carry out welfare activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shutting the door even firmly on his political ambitions, the announcement has put an end on speculations of his re-entry into politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rajinikanth made the announcement after his meeting with RMM functionaries on Monday, whom he met to decide the future of the outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rajinikanth, who returned to Chennai from the US from completing his medical health checkup addressed the reporters outside his Poes Garden residence on Monday and fired up speculation by saying he might consider to enter into politics, an about-turn from his earlier stand of exiting the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following schedules of the upcoming movie Annathe (elder brother), he had been in the US for medical examinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rajinikanth, who disappointed several fans in 2020 by announcing he would stay away from politics, on Monday reignited the political potboiler in Tamil Nadu by saying he would reconsider his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was in 2017, Rajinikanth announced that he would be entering politics. Since then, he had held several rounds of meetings with RMM functionaries and often expressed his views on political developments and other issues surrounding Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 3 December, 2020, Rajinikanth said he would launch his party in January 2021 ahead of the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. In a U-turn, Rajinikanth had on December 29, 2020, announced that he would not join the politics citing factors like his health condition. Since then, several RMM functionaries have left RMM and joined other political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The speculations that RMM would have impacted the outcome of the Tamil Nadu polls were rounding but after Rajinikanth dropped his political plans, some in the BJP had favoured reaching out to him for his support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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