{"id":676478,"date":"2026-05-17T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676478\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:46:07","slug":"rajinikanth-says-he-is-not-jealous-of-vijay-i-would-have-won-elections-if-i-contested-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676478\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajinikanth Says He Is &#8216;Not Jealous&#8217; Of Vijay&#8217;: &#8220;I Would Have Won Elections If I Contested In 2021&#8242;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Rajinikanth addressed several political rumours and criticisms during a recent interaction, where he clarified his stance on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay and also spoke about his friendship with MK Stalin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m Not Jealous&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to criticism surrounding his relationship with Vijay, Rajinikanth said, &#8220;There are some criticism on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further added, &#8220;Someone saying I am feeling jealous of CM Vijay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing the claims, the actor stated, &#8220;I am not jealous of our CM Vijay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rajinikanth also clarified why such comparisons do not affect him. &#8220;When I am not in politics, why should I be jealous?&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the age difference between them, Rajinikanth said, &#8220;I have a generation gap.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor further remarked, &#8220;I am 25 years older than Vijay. I have a generation gap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing support for Vijay, Rajinikanth said, &#8220;There is no reason for me to jealous about him. I am happy about him. Many expectations from Vijay. I wish Vijay all good luck from my side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rajinikanth On Meeting MK Stalin<\/p>\n<p>Rajinikanth additionally addressed criticism over his meeting with MK Stalin after the election results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;After the election results, I went and met MK Stalin, and that became a subject of criticism. Our friendship is beyond politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Talking about Stalin&#8217;s defeat in Kulathur, he said, &#8220;I felt saddened that MK Stalin was defeated in Kulathur.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actor also reacted strongly to criticism directed at him, saying, &#8220;Rajini is not a cheap or low-standard person to speak unnecessarily about anything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rajinikanth also made a notable statement regarding the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. He said, &#8220;I would have won if I had contested in 2021.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Rajinikanth addressed several political rumours and criticisms during a recent interaction, where he clarified his stance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,48998,326062,95894],"class_list":["post-676478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-rajinikanth","tag-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-vijay","tag-vijay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}