Zee News Tamil quotes Amma aide as Ajith denies political entry

 

 Zee New Tamil tweet that Sanakaralingam ,  personal aide of Late CM J Jayalalithaa telling the new channel that the actor was getting ready for a political entry had sparked the actor into denying the news, said a source. The aide claimed that Ajith was getting adequately armed for political battle and said that the film releasing on AMMA birthday was apt as the title signified AMMA. This created a ripple as Zee Studios is co- producer of Valimai and the next project with same combo.

.Ajith's manager tweeted - 

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"Mr Ajith kumar has got no intentions of venturing into politics and hence humbly requests the respected members of the media to refrain from encouraging such misleading information's".

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This is in response to speculations regarding AK's entry into politics after the Valimai release. On Feb 6 , we reported that AIADMK cadres are using Valimai as a campaign material for the local poll bodies. We had given pictorial evidence. The story circulated was that Ajith had chosen the date as it was B'Day of AMMA. Her attending the wedding was also put up as banners. ( https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2022/02/ajiths-valimai-release-date-on-amma.html)

After seeing Valimai , many stories appeared that the dialogue which says No point in saying system is not right. We must change first " was a direct hit on Rajinikanth who said that he was entering politics as `system was wrong'. This was taken as a forerunner to AK entering politics. At the time when Jayalalithaa was in hospital, a story doing the rounds was that AMMA had wanted Ajith to run for CM post and go in for a people mandate after dissolving the Government.

This writer was witness to a function where Ajith on stage in presence of then CM Karunanidhi said that forcing people to attend such felicitation functions should stop.. Rajinikanth in front row got up and clapped.

All corrupt are lying in Marina samadhi : Kamal Haasan poll bugle

 Kamal Haasan kick started his election campaign for urban civic polls by introducing the candidates of Makkal Neethi Maiyam (MNM) . He made it amply clear that he was opposed to the two Dravidian majors and the national parties. Media reports say that Kamal was denied use of vanity van for campaigning by the poll officials. TV clips showed enthusiastic crowds welcoming him.

Replying to volley of questions, Kamal replying to corruption charges  on AIADMK , he said that it was not any one party's monopoly and quipped that all those who committed corruption are lying in the Marina ( beach) samadhi. This comment could irk the DMK as well since Karunanidhi's samadhi ( memorial ) is also in Marina along with Anna and Jayalalithaa.

On  Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament that BJP can  never at any time dream of ruling Tamil Nadu, Kamal said that his party view was that no fascist power can ever rule over the State and on the use of Union Government term to address the Central Government, he said that from freeing from the East India company  to land in North India company has taken place. On the Hijab controversy, he said that it was like beards were generalized and one need not think that white hair beard was  different.

Asked if the split between BJP and AIADMK would help MNM, he said that his candidates were contesting in places where they would win and the alliance break up would not have any impact. He felt it was futile for Assembly to once again pass a resolution asking for scrapping NEET, since the Governor can only do what his Masters say.

Ajith's Valimai release date on AMMA B'Day - Vijay Makkal Iyyakam says back DMK

 Ajith's Valimai is releasing on Feb 24th and AIADMK cadres are already celebrating it as they see it as a message from the actor to his fans that he is an AMMA supporter. Reason being that the release date is AMMA Birthday. As also on Feb 19th, urban bodies go to polls. The  Tamil Nadu South regional head based in Thoothukudi ( Tuticorin )  of Vijay Makkal Iyyakam (VMI) told  reporters that they have decided to back DMK in places where they have not put up candidates. He claimed that it was decided at emergency meeting of State leaders.

AIADMK candidates flex boards have sprung up showing Ajith with folded hands asking for votes. According to the talk circulated by party cadres, Ajith was asked to select three dates for release. Ajith ticked Feb 24th as it was AMMA's birthday, goes the folklore.

From the trade viewpoint, theaters had promised to block three weeks to give Valimai a grand release. The film had been in the cans waiting for theater release and shunned the OTT release. Exactly one month after comes RRR in theaters. Secondly, Ajith is said to have a Thursday fixation and launches his film and has all auspicious functions on that day .Feb 24 is a Thursday..  Photos of AMMA at Ajith- Shalini wedding are doing the rounds. The fact that Karunanidhi turned up to greet the couple is buried

Two days back, Pondy CM NR turned up at Vijay's Pannaiyur house in ECR and had a `courtesy call' that lasted 1 hour. We have reported the reason for this  courtesy'. Now the South District secretary spilling inner details of deciding  to support DMK by VMI has added to arsenal of the party. 

Related; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2022/02/n-r-congress-seeks-vijay-makkal-iyakkam.html

Ajith officially disbanded all fan clubs. Vijay has not openly  come out in support of VMI but has kept silent on use of his name - photo in campaigns. VMI staked claim for autorickshaw symbol as it would please Rajni fans as their idol's Baasha film , a evergreen hit had him as an auto driver. Elecn Commission said no to VMI.

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DMK spend Rs 21 crores, AIADMK - Rs 7.18 cr, CPM -Rs 17 lakh for two weeks on Google Ads

Chennai, May 7(2021);  DMK tops the list of political party that spend the most on political ads according to Google transparency Report for the period of one month starting from March- April 2021. The next biggest spender is BJP which was contesting State elections in all 5 States. It spent Rs 17,29 crores. CPM which was concentrating on Kerala spent Rs 17 lakh  for a two week period just before the polls. Congress which was pushing heavily for Assam and Kerala spent about Rs 2.93 crore. AIADMK which is competing with DMK in Tamil Nadu spent  Rs 7.18 crore. It became the third largest spender on Google Ads after DMK- BJP.

Tamil Nadu spent Rs 33 crores on political advertising. DMK on last week before campaign ended splurged Rs 8.13 crore  on Google close to Rs 1.7 crore on pages like Ondrinaivom Vaa and M. K. Stalin in FB. 

Kerala saw 65.23 lakh  been spent by political parties in the same period. BJP West Bengal in this period spent Rs 2,16 crore and Assam unit bill was Rs 32 lakhs on FB. Congress in this period spent Rs 2.93 crores.The political advertising goes to Google platforms that include YouTube. In contrast, FaceBook was more patronised by Mamata's TMC.   A total of Rs 68 crores was spent by political parties for State polls that ended.

On the Tamil Nadu political parties spending more than Maharashtra and Delhi , is because Google has concentrated on language wise products and this has made it attractive to the political parties.

In Tamil Nadu, both majors took to print media towards the last leg of the campaign and till then tapped the internet and TV channels. Much before the poll announcement, ruling party had the advantage to issue advts hailing various projects launched by them. Funded by public exchequer, this came in TV channels and pro AIADMK print and web media.