BJP offers party posts to film personalities in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Actors and film personalities from Tamil Nadu, including former Union minister D Napolean, who had joined the BJP’s state unit recently, were today appointed to various party posts. This is a move that comes ahead of the Assembly polls in the state scheduled next year. Napolean was made the party’s state Vice-President while musician Gangai Amaran, brother of veteran composer Ilayaraja, was appointed as Patron of the Art Cell, BJP state President Tamizhisai Sounderrajan said. [caption id=“attachment_2522440” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  D. Napoleon. AFP[/caption] Director Kasthuriraja will be State Executive member and Vice-President of the Art Cell while actor Gayathri Raghuram its Secretary, she said in a statement here. Actor-Producer ‘Kutty’ Padmini was made the Vice-President of the party’s Campaign Department, she said. Former AIADMK MP S Malaichamy will head the party’s Election Cell, she said, adding that a number of other persons have also been appointed to various posts. Actor Napolean, a minister in the previous UPA dispensation, had quit DMK and joined BJP in December 2014 in the presence of party President Amit Shah. Gangai Amaran, a director who has hits under his belt like ‘Karagattakaran’, and Raghuram had also joined BJP last year. PTI