BJP candidate Gets Rajinikanth backing in Tamil Nadu’s RK Nagar by-election

Chennai: Megastar Rajinikanth on Tuesday wished known Tamil composer and BJP candidate Gangai Amaran success in the by-election to the Tamil Nadu assembly from R.K. Nagar here.

Rajinikanth met Amaran at his residence and wished him success in his new innings. "Today our Thalaivar Rajinikanth met and wished my dad for his political victory in RK Nagar by-election," Venkat Prabhu, Amaran's son and also a filmmaker, tweeted on Tuesday.

Prabhu shared a photograph of his father along with Rajinikanth.

In 2014, Amaran joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The April 12 contest will be held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.