Floral tributes were paid to former Tamil Nadu Minister
and AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa on her 77th birth anniversary on Monday.
At the party headquarters in the city, AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of
the Opposition in the State Assembly Edappadi K Palaniswami, senior party
leaders, former Ministers and district secretaries and functionaries celebrated
the occasion with various events.
Mr Palaniswami garlanded the statue of Ms Jayalalithaa and Party Founder
MGR at the AIADMK headquarters, paid floral tributes to their portraits,
distributed sweets, released a special souvenior, hoisted the party flag and
cut a special 77 kg cake and distributed it to the party cadres and public to
mark the occasion.
He also inaugurated a medical camp, launched welfare schemes and offered
Annadhanam (free meals) to celebrate the occasion.
Mr Palaniswami also launched the AIADMK Young Generation Sportspersons
Wing on the occasion.
Elsewhere in the State AIADMK leaders celebrated Ms Jayayalithaa’s birth
anniversary by garlanding her statutes, paying floral tributes and offering
Anadhanams, cutting cakes and distributing sweets to the public.
Ousted AIADMK leader and former CM O Panneerselvam and his son and
former MP P Raveendranath paid floral tributes at Ms Jayalalithaa’s Poes
Garden residence in city.
Ms Jayalalithaa’s neighbour and popular actor Rajinikanth also paid floral
tributes to her at her residence and said she still continued to live in the
hearts and minds of the people.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Panneerselvam said the betrayal of a person who
favoured the single leadership led to the party’s debacle in the successive
elections and called for unity.
Ms Jayalalithaa’s close aide and another expelled AIADMK Leader V K Sasikala
and her nephew and AMMK Founder TTV Dhinakaran also paid floral tributes to
her on the occasion.
