BJP State president K. Annamalai on Wednesday said he would participate in an event on August 18 in which Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to release a commemorative coin to mark the birth centenary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in Chennai.
Speaking to media persons, Mr. Annamalai said: “We see the event as going beyond politics. It is a recognition for Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin invited me over the phone. Union Minister L. Murugan and I will participate in the function on Sunday.” He also said the women’s wing of the BJP would take out rally demanding justice in the case of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, in Kolkata, who was raped and killed.