Chennai, September 10: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today said that Tamil superstar Rajinikanth was welcome to join the party.
“He is most welcome to come. We don’t put any roadblocks,” Gandhi told reporters here.
The Congress had an ‘open system’. The party was ready to welcome anyone so long as that person is not a criminal, he said, adding, ‘I do not think Rajinikanth is a criminal”.
“Our system is open to anybody who wants to enter it. The only barrier we put is the barrier of criminality,” the Congress leader, whose visit to Tamil Nadu is seen as an effort to rejuvenate the party apparatus in the state and woo the youth, said.
“However, we are not reaching out to any particular person.”
Rajinikanth has not revealed his mind on his political inclinations but his fans want him to float a party.
–PTI