it's the Stella Maris polling booth in the Chennai South constituency. We just had him coming in and cast his vote There. You see the media, me there. He's not a politician. He's not in demand politically. But you see that media frenzy there. That's Rajni Khan for you in Chennai City. We've all been waiting for him to come down here and cast his vote, often known to have made some political statements but staying away from all of it. Right now he's come and cast his vote here at the voting booth here, where we've been waiting since morning. Remember, Maria? It's 8 a.m. but it's already hot and sultry and sweaty here in Chennai. So you've got the rajnikant vote being cast. You'll get the other top political leaders of the state casting their vote in a bit from here. Remember, urban apathy is an important issue in constituencies like this. We got a lot of old timers. Traditional voters come down here. Remember, this is one of the is one of the sought after polling booths in the city. Jala used to live here. The late Jalal used to cast a vote here. We expect Sashikala to come down and cast a vote here a bit away from here on the other side of the road, in a polling booth nearby, you used to have the late M Karunan go and cast his vote. We expect Dan Marin to be casting his vote there. So this is the heart of Chennai, Chennai South. You saw all that drama playing out here with the media, jumping around, trying to get that one sound bite of Rajni Kant, Or perhaps some statement down there. He didn't make any. He's just come cast his vote and has left Maria. And but those visuals. You know, there has been decades of uncertainty or or an impending political debut of Rajni Khan, and he has always brushed that. And in every election we talk about it. Vera, why do we do that? That's right. That's because it sells. That's because it sells. You know, there's been pressure on it so often, but I think this election is different. I think after the last time of jumping in and wanting to come in and then pulling off last minute before the assembly elections, I think I think I think that does that settles the deal. He's been reluctant, He's often said he's left everything to God, and I guess that's the part that he's chosen. It's It's perhaps us as well. You. He gives you TPS. He gives you the eyeballs. When you mentioned Rajani Khan, it works. Look at me standing here at Stella Mari polling booth trying to wait for him, and you know, he's not even a political player at the moment in the state. So I guess it's got a lot to do with us as well as him in terms of the stardom and the fan following. I don't think one has that kind of fan following here. Plus the fact that the state has been intricately intertwined with films and politics. There's been a quest for a hero since the passing away of JJ, Lalita and MK. Remember, that was the dominant factor, and that's what the BJP is trying to focus on. They wanted to project Anna as that local hero there, here, Maria, whether it works or not, we know on the Fourth of June, but that's the strategy of trying to create that rags to riches story and project him on the one side, you have the ideological battle between the DMKB JP playing out. On the other, you have the DMK a ID MK battle playing out at the grassroots. Remember, there's also the test of loyalty to that to leave symbol, which has an emotional connect at the grassroots in Tamil Nadu for 40 years. It's dominated the space down there, so you've got the rising sun and the two leave symbol more than candidates and personalities. These symbols are extremely important in the state, and that's what the BJP is trying to break through. This time. We'll have to wait and see how that experiment plays out, Maria.
