Jayalalithaa was reluctant to go to hospital, Sasikala tells inquiry panel
Chennai, Mar 21 (IBNS): Former acting AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala has said Tamil Nadu's ex-Chief Minister, late J Jayalalithaa, was reluctant to go to hospital after she collapsed in the washroom in her Chennai residence in Sept. 2016, media reports said.
Sasikala told this to the inquiry panel which is investigating the death of Jayalalithaa.
Though two AIADMK leaders O Paneerselvam and M Thambidurai said they were denied access to Jayalalithaa while she was in hospital, Sasikala rejected such claims.
Sasikala said both the leaders had an access to the former Tamil Nadu CM while she was in hospital.
After Jayalalithaa's death, Sasikala became the acting General Secretary of the AIADMK.
Sasikala was a long time companion of Jayalalithaa.
Sasikala had even expressed her ambition to become CM of the state after Jayalalithaa's demise.
However, Sasikala's ambition of becoming the CM was crushed as she was pronounced guilty by the Supreme Court and has been imprisoned in a disproportionate assets case.
Following the death of Jayalalithaa, the AIADMK was disintegrated into two factions-led by O Paneerselvam and E Palaniswamy-which was later reunited under the persuasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Palaniswamy has succeeded Jayalalithaa as the CM of the state.
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