Popularly known as Amma (Mother) and Puratchi Thalavi (revolutionary leader), Jayalalithaa was also hailed as an "iron lady."
AIADMK leader and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami paying tributes to J Jayalalithaa at his residence. (X)
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and one of the iconic leaders in Tamil Nadu’s political arena J Jayalalithaa was remembered on Saturday, 24 February, on her 76th birth anniversary.
AIADMK leaders paid rich tributes to her in Chennai with the top party leader and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami paying floral tributes to a portrait of the late leader at his residence.
Popularly known as Amma (Mother) and Puratchi Thalavi (revolutionary leader), Jayalalithaa was also hailed as an “iron lady.” She breathed her last on 5 December 2016, after being under treatment for more than 75 days.
Jayalalithaa was known for her various welfare initiatives, including ‘Amma’ Canteen, ‘Amma’ Pharmacy, and Gold for Thali (Mangalsutra) for poor women, which were a hit among the people.
Recalling her popular phrase “I am because of the people, I am for the people, (Makkalaal Naan, Makkalukkagave Naan),” Palaniswami, in a statement appealed to cadres and party office-bearers to work day and night, to emerge victorious in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Remembering late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa ji on her birth anniversary. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/4nK1P6c8yC
— Nitin Gadkari (मोदी का परिवार) (@nitin_gadkari) February 24, 2024
“Dear party cadres, let us resolve ourselves to emerge victorious in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections by working day and night in the path laid down by Amma. Let us ensure that the 2026 year belongs to the year of AIADMK (by securing victory in the Legislative Assembly elections in 2026),” Palaniswami said.
Jayalalithaa’s various welfare initiatives were a hit among the people. (X)
Expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam along with his supporters also paid floral tributes to the statue of Jayalalithaa in Chennai.
K Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu unit president of the BJP, till recently an ally of the AIADMK, said, “The various welfare schemes implemented by her for the welfare of the people would speak for her forever.”
Annamalai also shared an image of Jayalalithaa in a social media post. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, too, paid tributes to her.
Due to various disagreements over alliance dynamics and allegations, the AIADMK snapped ties with the BJP, and a resolution to this effect was passed ‘unanimously’ at the AIADMK district secretaries meeting led by Palaniswami on 25 September 2023 at its party headquarters in Chennai.
Meanwhile, VK Sasikala, Jayalalithaa’s confidante since 1980 till the latter breathed her last, is set to move into a bungalow opposite the AIADMK’s former supremo’s house, Veda Nilayam, in Poes Garden on Saturday.
The bungalow was constructed on a vacant plot, which was earlier used by Jayalalithaa’s security detail to park their vehicles. The plot is registered under Sri Harichandana Estates.
(With additional inputs.)
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