Actor Rajininkath to launch political party in Jan, to announce date in Dec

The iconic actor said the exact date of the launch will be announced on December 31

After a long wait, 69-year-old actor Rajinikanth finally decided to make his political foray public. He will launch a political party in January ahead of the state Assembly elections next year and plans to make the announcement in this regard on December 31, he said in social media posts on Thursday.
 
The actor appointed Tamilaruvi Manian to supervise the party and Arjunamurthy Ra as the party’s chief coordinator. Arjunamurthy was president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu unit’s Intellectual Cell and attended Amit Shah’s meeting in Chennai a few days back. He resigned from the party on Wednesday.