Vidya Rani, daughter of dead sandalwood-smuggler Veerappan, joined the BJP at an event organised in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri. Party-general-secretary Muralidhar Rao and former-Union-Minister Pon Radhakrishnan were present at the event. "I want to work for the poor and underprivileged irrespective of their caste and religion. PM Modi's schemes are for the people and I want to take them to the people," said Vidya Rani.