Rajnath to release commemorative coin on Karunanidhi centenary

Chennai: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release a Rs 100 commemorative coin on the centenary of late DMK president M Karunanidhi here on Sunday.

Singh will release the “Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Centenary Commemorative Coin,” in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, ruling DMK president and Karunanidhi’s son at an event here.

A host of state ministers and others will attend the event slated at the Kalaivanar Arangam here.

Karunanidhi (1924-2018), a Dravidian stalwart, was a five-time chief minister of the state and helmed the DMK for nearly five decades till his death.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu BJP unit chief Annamalai said he would be attending the coin unveiling function,