Rajini must have an alliance and be the CM candidate, says political analysts in TN

Chennai, Dec 4 For the actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth even as a Chief Ministerial candidate, a political alliance to fight the 2021 polls is important and further the parties he aligns with should not have negative votes, said political analysts.

"If Rajinikanth's party goes it alone, then it may get a maximum of 5-8 per cent votes. Most of the voters will be anti-DMK and apolitical voters of AIADMK," political analyst Sriram Seshadri told .

"If Rajinikanth is the Chief Ministerial candidate then straightaway he will have a minimum of 10 per cent vote share and alongwith his party's political ideologies and other policies he can gain more," added another political analyst not wanting to be quoted told .

The analysts also said if Rajinkanth decides not to be his party's Chief Ministerial candidate, then his party would most probably end up in the five per cent vote share party club.

Earlier, Rajinikanth had said he would be the party leader while the Chief Ministerial candidate will be somebody else.

Rajinikanth also has to face the challenge of DMK and the propaganda of its allies that he is the B team of BJP in Tamil Nadu or a mask for BJP as his party's chief coordinator is none other than Ra.Arjunamurthy, who till Thursday was Tamil Nadu BJP's Intellectual Wing head.

On Thursday, Rajinikanth announced his decision to float his political party in January 2021 and contest the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, besides naming Arjunamurthy as the party's Chief Coordinator.

"The initial tempo Rajinikanth had gained announcing his political party has now been lost with the appointment of Arjunamurthy. The DMK and its allies will blow this out in a major way," said a political analyst.

"Initally Rajinikanth had distanced himself from BJP saying that others are trying to paint him with saffron colour. Nobody can give him a colour. But the appointment of Arjunamurthy is a vulnerability," the analyst added.

"That vulnerablility can be erased if Rajinikanth announces himself as the Chief Ministerial candidate," he added.

According to him, the 12 per cent vote share of the minorities in Tamil Nadu will consolidate with DMK and the campaign against the electronic voting machine

( With inputs from IANS )

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