Here Is The Reason Why Jayalalithaa’s Niece Deepa Jayakumar Denied Entry At Apollo
The iconic and beloved Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, affectionately known as ‘Amma’ breathed her last on late Monday at 11.30 PM and the whole state of Tamil Nadu, broke down after hearing this news. Jayalalithaa suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Sunday which eventually took her life away.
While she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, her niece Deepa Jayakumar, the only blood relative left for Jayalalithaa(daughter of Jayakumar, Jayalalithaa’s late brother) had come to see her at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital.
As per media reports Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of deceased Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was not allowed to meet her aunt as the party cadre refused her entry to the Apollo hospital and asked her to leave.
Earlier also, she was not allowed to meet Jayalalithaa despite her multiple visits to Apollo Hospital since September 22. She is the daughter of Jayalalithaa’s brother Jayakumar who died in the year 1995 in an accident.
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Here Is The Reason Why Jayalalitha’s Niece Deepa Jayakumar Denied Entry at Apollo
Two days ago, police were seen forcibly pushing Deepa and her husband out of the gate of Apollo Hospital after they received a direction from seniors to keep her away and prevent her from talking to the media.
According to reports, AIADMK cadre refused her entry and asked her to leave, even turning abusive at one point, leading to a scuffle.
Speaking to the media outside the hospital, Deepa said:
I am not being allowed inside the hospital. I want to ask them why am I not being allowed inside? On whose orders am I being kept outside?
Since Jayalalithaa’s admission into Apollo on 22 September, a complete security curtain has been raised around the Chief Minister, with only a select handful of persons allowed to see her, and information about her condition being meticulously regulated to the bare minimum. Even Jayalalithaa’s relatives have had no access to her.
Deepa had earlier made an attempt to see Jayalalithaa in the beginning of October but was denied entry into the hospital then too. She had reportedly waited outside the hospital for three days to meet the CM.
Even after she identified herself, and said that she would not leave until she had a chance to see the Chief Minister, she said that she was told “some person in high authority” would get in touch with her – but the call never came.
“There is some block. There is somebody, I cannot say who. There is definitely someone who is blocking (me from) meeting my aunt. I want to hold her hand, tend to her during this critical time. I want to be next to her and take care of her. But there is some block,” said Deepa Jayakumar
She further said that while Jayalalithaa had been present at her father (and Jayalalithaa’s brother) Jayakumar’s funeral, she has not been allowed to meet the CM ever since, even on the occasion when her mother was critically ill.
There are several rumours that Sasikala clan doesn’t want to entertain Deepa anywhere near the hospital and funeral procession fearing a potential challenge. Though, there was no proper reason declared about her deny at the hospital by the government but she was later allowed to Jayalalithaa last rites at the end.
As the nation mourns the loss of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, a swarm of people flocked to Rajaji Hall in Chennai where her body has been kept to say their last goodbyes to their Revolutionary Leader. Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar also paid tribute to her at the end.
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