Superstar Rajinikanth announced that he will not join politics and start a party as announced earlier, citing his frail health.
He had first announced in 2017, after years of speculation, that he would indeed enter politics ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and field candidates from all 234 seats in the state.
The veteran announced earlier this month that he will launch his political party in January and disclose the specifics by Dec. 31.
Rajinikanth, promising his brand of spiritual politics, had then dramatically asserted that he was even ready to risk his life for the sake of people's welfare by making a foray into politics.
Discharged from a Hyderabad hospital on Sunday after being treated for blood pressure fluctuations, the top actor expressed fears over those accompanying him in his possible political journey facing "mental and economic" problems in the due course over his possible health issues.
After earlier acknowledging reports of him undergoing renal transplant in 2016, he recalled the hospitalisation for blood pressure fluctuation and said it could affect his kidney.
"Therefore, I inform with great regret I am unable to come to politics by floating a political party. Only I know the pain behind making this announcement," the 70 year-old actor said in a statement.
He, however said he will serve people in whatever ways he can without entering electoral politics.
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