Is Sarathkumar preparing to quit the DMK and launch his own party? His relationship with Karunanidhi turned cold after Dayanidhi Maran was made the Union Minister for communication.
The only thing stopping Sarath so far from not leaving DMK was that his wife Radhika and her Radaan TV is Sun TV?s biggest content provider. In fact Sun TV had always promoted Sarathkumar films and gave them top billing in countdown shows. Added to that, they purchased the satellite rights of all Sarath films at a higher rate than actual market rate.
But in politics, you have to get positions if you have to grow. Sarath realized that he will always have to play second fiddle to the Marans in DMK. Last month when his fans organized a meet in Tuticorin, they urged him to float a political party for the Nadars. Sarath tried to play it down but he was ignored within DMK when it came to selection of candidates in the Nadar majority districts of Tuticorin and Tirunelveli. Some of his fan members who were recommended by Sarath for party tickets were ignored by the party high command.
Now his fans feel that the actor has no future in DMK. They also cited the incident of superstar Vijay being called to New Delhi by Dayanidhi Maran for the release of postal stamp in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as representative of Tamilnadu. Sarath was ignored and not even called for the function! On Sunday Sarathkumar fans association members met in Chennai and took a bold and daring decision not to campaign for DMK led front in the forthcoming assembly elections.
Says A.N.Sundaresan, president of All India Sarathkumar Fans Association and the hatchet man of the actor: ?We have appealed to him not to campaign for DMK and its allies. The party had used the fan body during elections but is not willing to give any position or post to its members?. Meanwhile Sarathkumar who mysteriously disappeared for a week while the fans were peeved with DMK said: ?I will announce my decision in a couple of days keeping in view my political affiliation and feeling of my fans who made me what I am today?.
What is also bugging Sarathkumar is also the growing popularity of Vijaykanth and his brave and daring decision to fight the elections alone. Even if ?Captain? gets one or two seats he will become a hero and probably a new power centre!
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