"Vanakkam to people of Tamil Nadu and those watching TV. I do not know how to praise my fans, for the last six days, 6,000 fans behaved in a disciplined and orderly manner. Very happy. If we have this discipline and virtue, we can achieve anything.
For those who missed out, I will meet you when the time is right. V M Sudhakar, Raghavendra hall. Trouble to neighbours, thank them for cooperating, and the police and the media. It has been built up too much - I did not build it up, it happen on its own. I am not afraid of entering politics, I am only afraid of the media. Powerful men are terrified of the media. I am still a child, imagine how it will be for me.
On my way in and out of my home, day before yesterday, ideology? I was confounded. Kids, Cho cautioned me, be wary of the media, I am telling you as a media professional. I miss him greatly. His presence would have added immense strength to me. His atma will always be with me.
A verse from Bhagvad Gita - Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kada Chana - Krishna told Arjun in Kurukshetra - Put your efforts, result is mine (I will take care of the rest). Wage war, if you win you will rule the country. if you are killed in war, you will go to heaven. If you do not go to war, they will call you a coward.
I have put in my efforts, all that is left is to shoot the arrows. I will surely enter politics. The current situation demands it. In the upcoming assembly election, I will start an independent political party, and contest in all 234 constituencies. Before that local body - since there is little time left, we will not be contesting that election. General election - at that time I will decide.
I am not entering politics for fame or money. You have already given me fame and money - much more than I could ever dream of - not for the throne - if that is what I wanted... it came to me in 1996, but I pushed it away. At 45 I did not seek the throne, why would I fancy the throne now, at 68. This is not for the throne.
Politics has become very corrupt here. Democracy is under threat. Over the last year, political happenings in TN have made the people hang their head in shame. People of other states are laughing at us. Even now if I do not make the decision to enter politics, the guilt of not having served the people who gave me my livelihood, through democratic means, will haunt me till my death. Everything has to be changed. The time has come for a political change. The system needs to be changed. Honest and transparent, free of religion and caste, spiritual politics. That is my intent, wish and goal. One man cannot achieve that, all you people have to stand with me. This is no easy task, I know. Starting a party, contest and form a government is like diving in the mid-sea to obtain a pearl.
God's blessing and people's confidence - their love, cooperation and support, only then it is possible. I am fully confident I will get them both.
In olden days, when a king goes to war and wins a war, they plunder the coffers, the generals and soldiers will loot the people. They will loot the country. In name of democracy, in many ways, those partymen are looting people. Kings then used to loot other countries, but here, the loot is taking place within the country, in our own land. This has to change at the fundamental level that is within a party.
If a party has to thrive, it depends on the cadre. Party members are the root, the branch and the trunk - the cadre is everything. They go on to become counsellor, MLA and MP, minister even CM - but I don't want cadre, I want guardians. Those guardians hard work, if I form a government, I want guardians who will ensure, by preventing loot by that gumbal, that the people become beneficiaries of the needs, rights and aid.
I want guardians who will not seek personal favours from elected representatives MLA, MP and minister. I want guardians who will question erring officials and legislators, partymen. I am just a representative of the people who will oversee (kankaanikkum) these guardians. As a rep, I will ensure I appoint responsible officials and representative and ensure they carry out their duties responsibly. For this we need an army of guardians. We need to build that
There are many thousand registered, 150,200% more unregistered mandrams (fan associations)- the unregistered ones will be registered, and the registered will be revamped them. And integrate them all. That is the most important task now.
This is not cinema, this is politics. We are going to turn into guardians. Not just you and I, your surrounding people, old, young, educated, illiterate, youth - all have to be brought into our mandram - you have to. Every village, every street has to have our mandram. This is the first task I am assigning you. Under one umbrella we must all unite - then discipline and virtue - how to meet the election through democratic means we will prepare. Until then let us not talk politics, don't criticise politicians, no need to criticise the politics of the day, and do not hold agitations or issue statements. There are many others already doing that. The ones in the pond called politics have to swim to survive. We will swim when we enter the waters, let us not swim on land.
Advice to Arjun in Kurukshetra was given by Krishna not Karnan, right ? At a suitable time before the assembly elections we will start the party, we will take our plans, manifesto to the public. We will tell them what can be done and what cannot be done. If we fail to deliver within three years of coming to power, we will resign. We will go to the people and say this.
Our mantra - Honesty, hard work and growth. Our ideology - we will think good, talk good, do good and good will happen. Our army will be part of the war (assembly election). God is there.
Long live Tamil people." - Superstar Rajinikanth