Appu to be awarded Karnataka Ratna tomorrow: Minister R Ashoka invited to visit Appu house

Puneeth Rajkumar's Karnataka Ratna award ceremony is being held in Bangalore tomorrow, and the government has officially invited Puneeth's family for this event.

In this background Minister R. Ashok and Sunil Kumar went to Puneeth's residence and Ashwini officially invited Puneeth Rajkumar to the event.

The state government is conferring the state's prestigious 'Karnataka Ratna' award to Puneeth Rajkumar posthumously. Puneeth Rajkumar's family members have also been invited to this program which will be held in front of Vidhana Soudha. 50 people from the family are participating and they have been given special passes.

Puneeth Rajkumar is being presented with the Karnataka Ratna Award tomorrow, Superstar Rajinikanth and Telugu star actors Junior NTR and Sudhamurthy will be present as guests. A grand program was organized in front of the Vidhana Soudha at 4 pm, Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai will present the awards.

At 4 pm there will be a singing program by famous singer Vijay Prakash and at 5 pm posthumous Karnataka Ratna award will be presented to Puneeth Rajkumar.