Rajinikanth is welcome to BJP but has to enter politics first: Amit Shah

Shah said in order to accept a person into a party, the person has to decide to come to politics first. The question of the party will come “only when Rajinikanth decides to enter politics”.

Shah also did not comment on speculation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Rajinikanth. “Thousands of people come to meet Modiji. Good people working in every sector meet Modiji and they should meet,” he said.

Last week, speaking on the fifth and last day of his programme to interact with fans from various districts, held at Raghvendra wedding hall in Chennai, Rajinikanth hinted strongly at his intentions of joining politics. While he maintained that the political system is “corrupt” and democracy is in a “rotten” state in Tamil Nadu, he appealed to fans to be ready for “war” at the right time.

A source close to the actor had said the next day that the actor was likely to float his own political party and not join BJP. Contending that joining BJP may be the last option, the source said, “He has been indecisive in the past. But he fears that joining BJP will not be a good idea as a large section of his followers may abandon him (in that case).”