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“I was not involved in propping up DMK-AIADMK coalition govt.” clarifies rattled Rajinikanth

Chennai: Rattled at the persisting speculation that he was instrumental in the attempt to prop up a coalition government of traditional rivals, DMK and AIADMK, to deny the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Vijay, which emerged as the single largest party, a shot at power, superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday clarified that he was not so cheap to indulge in such a move.
“It is below my dignity to paly such a role. I’ll never stoop to such a level,” he told the media at a hurriedly convened media interaction at his residence in Poes Garden in the Chennai. “Since there are many reports and criticism about me after the election results were out, I felt it is necessary to clarify my position,” he said. “I would have swept the election in the past had I entered the fray,” he pointed out.
Whether it was a coincidence or not, only after Rajinikanth called on former Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin, the DMK and the AIADMK were engaged in talks about forming a coalition government to stymie Vijay’s prospects of securing the numbers for a majority. But it had floundered when the Left smelt a rat and made it clear to the DMK that it was not for such an arrangement. While the TVK has 107 MLAs, it required 11 more for a majority in the 234-member House. Besides the support of the Congress (5), the TVK had enlisted the support of the DMK’s allies CPI, CPI(M), VCK and the IUML, each with two MLAs. Vijay had won the trust vote eventually.
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