BJP says Rajinikanth in party’s good books, welcome to join
27 Aug 2014 5:52 AM IST
Tamil Nadu BJP on Tuesday down played reports of it wooing Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, but said that the actor was welcome to the party fold.
Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan said that Rajinikanth was already in the good books of BJP and recalled his meeting with prime minister Narendra Modi, when the latter had visited Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha election campaign.
On media reports of BJP attempting to attract the ace actor and make him the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state Assembly elections, she said, ‘It is only a press message, an unauthorised message from the press. It is not the authorised press release from our party.
‘But, already Rajinikanth is in the good books of our party. Our prime minister, during his campaign met him,’ she added.
Soundararajan was in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet BJP national president Amit Shah, for the first time after she was appointed as the new president of BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit.
Noting that Rajinikanth had offered Rs one crore for then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s pet project to interlink rivers, she said, the Tamil superstar would be cordially invited to the party.
Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan said that Rajinikanth was already in the good books of BJP and recalled his meeting with prime minister Narendra Modi, when the latter had visited Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha election campaign.
On media reports of BJP attempting to attract the ace actor and make him the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state Assembly elections, she said, ‘It is only a press message, an unauthorised message from the press. It is not the authorised press release from our party.
‘But, already Rajinikanth is in the good books of our party. Our prime minister, during his campaign met him,’ she added.
Soundararajan was in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet BJP national president Amit Shah, for the first time after she was appointed as the new president of BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit.
Noting that Rajinikanth had offered Rs one crore for then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s pet project to interlink rivers, she said, the Tamil superstar would be cordially invited to the party.
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