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Think politics, think BJP: Nitin Gadkari's open invitation to Rajinikanth

Speaking to CNN-News18’s deputy political editor Marya Shakil, Gadkari said there was an “appropriate place” for the popular hero in the party. “He is welcome in politics and it is my request to him to think about the BJP. There is an appropriate place for him in the BJP,” the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said.

May 22, 2017 / 01:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari interacts with PTI journalists in New Delhi on  Wednesday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav (Eds pls see Story under DEL 15,16,17,18)  (PTI5_20_2015_000091B)

New Delhi: Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari interacts with PTI journalists in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav (Eds pls see Story under DEL 15,16,17,18) (PTI5_20_2015_000091B)

Actor Rajinikanth has dropped strong hints of a political plunge and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is losing no time in wooing the superstar, with Nitin Gadkari the first at the Centre to extend an invitation.

Speaking to CNN-News18’s deputy political editor Marya Shakil, Gadkari said there was an “appropriate place” for the popular hero in the party. “He is welcome in politics and it is my request to him to think about the BJP. There is an appropriate place for him in the BJP,” the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said.

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first published: May 22, 2017 09:03 am

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