Tamil Nadu BJP appoints Khushbu Sundar as party's vice president
Chennai, Jul 31 (PTI): Noted actress Khushbu Sundar was on Wednesday appointed by Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran as the party's state vice president.
Former MPs, VP Duraisamy, KP Ramalingam, Sasikala Pushpa and others including M Chakravarthi continue to be the party's state vice-presidents, Nagenthran said in a party release adding the appointments have been cleared by national president JP Nadda.
Kesava Vinayakan continues to be the State general secretary (Organisation), Prof Raama Sreenivsan continues to be state general secretary and Karate R Thiagarajan would continue to work as state secretary.
In total, 45 state level office-bearers have been named, of which most retain their positions and some like Khushbu Sundar have been newly appointed to state-level positions, according to party sources.
Nainar Nagenthran, who took over in April 2025 as BJP Tamil Nadu unit president greeted the party-office bearers.
In 2020, Khushbu Sundar joined the BJP after quitting the Congress party and she had last year resigned as a member of the National Commission for Women.
I am immensely indebted to our H'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji and our TN State President @NainarBJP avl and @blsanthosh ji for trusting me and giving me the huge responsibility as the Vice President, State of Tamilnadu. As a Karyakarta of BJP, I promise to give my best and work… pic.twitter.com/JrckgDyl2b
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) July 30, 2025
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
