Superstar
Rajinikanth
on
Friday
said
the
BJP
has
not
invited
him
to
join
the
party,
but
insisted
efforts
were
being
made
to
paint
him
with
"saffron",
the
ideological
colour
the
national
party
is
associated
with.
Attempts
were
being
made
to
paint
both
himself
and
Thiruvalluvar
with
saffron,
the
veteran
star
said
referring
to
the
recent
controversy
surrounding
the
Tamil
saint-poet.When
asked
about
senior
BJP
leader
Pon
Radhakrishnan's
recent
meeting
with
him
and
the
former's
repeated
assertions
that
the
actor
should
join
the
party,
Rajinikanth
said
no
such
has
invitation
has
been
made
to
him.
"No
offer
has
been
made
(from
BJP
to
join
the
party).
Definitely
not,"
he
said.
"Attempts
are
being
made
to
paint
me
with
BJP
colour.
Trying
to
paint
me
with
saffron
like
Thiruvalluvar
was
done
with.
Neither
Thiruvalluvar
nor
me
will
get
trapped," he
said
with
a
big
laugh.On
November
1,
the
BJP's
Tamil
Nadu
unit
on
its
Twitter
handle
had
written
a
couplet
from
Thiruvalluvar's
classic
Thirukkural,
questioning
the
use
of
education
if
the
Almighty
was
not
worshipped.
Tagging
the
couplet,
the
saffron
party
targeted
the
Dravidar
Kazhagam,
DMK
and
the
Left
parties
for
allegedly
deriding
God
and
for
berating
believers
and
questioned
"what
is
the
use
of
their
education." The
party
also
had
posted
a
picture
of
Thiruvalluvar
in
saffron
robes
with
sacred
ash
on
his
forehead.