Murugan conference will be apolitical,says BJP state president
Chennai: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Tuesday said that the party was not trying to gain political mileage from the Murugan conference being organized in Madurai.
"The conference organized by Hindu Munnani will be apolitical," Nainar told reporters at the BJP headquarters in Chennai.
"This is not a political meeting. As DMK thinks, there will no politics spoken in the conference.
This is a conference of devotees of Lord Murugan. So cutting across political lines, anyone can participate in the conference," he said.
Nainar said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to participate in the conference. "Andhra Pradesh deputy CM Pawan Kalyan has confirmed his participation. Devotees from Malaysia, Singapore and Colombo will also participate," he said.
Asked about NTK chief coordinator Seeman's criticism that the BJP is doing politics with Lord Murugan in Tamil Nadu as it does with Lord Ram in North India, Nainar said it was celebration of Lord Muruga and not politics. "Murugan is a Tamil god and can be celebrated only in Tamil Nadu," he said.
Earlier, a musical video for the conference was released by Nainar. He said a special train has been arranged from Chennai to Madurai on June 21 for devotees to attend the conference and the same train will return from Madurai on June 22 evening and will reach Chennai on June 23.
Meanwhile, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court has rejected the plea of a Hindu Munnani functionary seeking to allow officials to issue e-passes via online mode for the participants of the conference.
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