Later at his residence, a travel-weary Rajnikant told pressper-sons that he was "100 per cent behind the DMK-Moopanar alliance". These were the very words that the anti-AIADMK alliance was waiting for. The AIADMK is worried by the appeal that Rajnikant commands. With the superstar in the picture, the mood in the AIADMK camp is rather sombre.
Hectic discussions are on to chalk out the campaign programme for the superstar. According to a senior DMK leader, Rajnikant is willing to campaign door-to-door but following the April 18 attack on DMK president M. Karunanidhi, allegedly by the AIADMK workers, no one wants to expose the superstar to a similar incident. The DMK and its ally, the Moopanar Congress, would rather have Rajnikant talk to the people through official statements and television interviews. The messages are to be distributed through leaflets and in telecasts over the Tamil satellite channel, Sun TV. Rajnikant himself has said that he would reveal his actual campaign plans after he gets over the jetlag following his 36-hour flight from New York.
Rajnikant's return has added a new dimension to the elections in Tamil Nadu. The surprising thing is that the superstar was reluctant to enter politics. What's surprising is the fact that, till recently, when he first contemplated taking a stand against the corrupt politics prevailing in Tamil Nadu last year, he revealed no intentions whatsoever of spearheading any political campaign. Rajnikant had then said that he was an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and that he believed in the Congress.
