Top politicians ‘very concerned’ about Jayalalithaa’s health

India’s politicians rushed to wish Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa a speedy recovery on Monday morning, hours after the 68-year-old leader was admitted to Apollo Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Updated on: Dec 5, 2016, 14:57:54 IST

Hindustan Times | By Dhrubo Jyoti, New Delhi

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India’s politicians rushed to wish Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa a speedy recovery on Monday morning, hours after the 68-year-old leader was admitted to Apollo Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Police stop well wishers of Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa after they gather outside a hospital where she is being treated in Chennai. (Reuters)

Cutting across party lines, leaders from different parties – including President Pranab Mukherjee – tweeted their best wishes for the AIADMK chief as thousands of her supporters gathered outside Apollo Hospital.

Here’s a look at what India’s top political leaders are saying about Jayalalithaa, who reportedly underwent a surgery on Monday morning and continues to be on a heart pump to assist her breathing and heartbeat.

Pranab Mukherjee, President

JP Nadda, Union health minister

Venkaiah Naidu, Union urban development minister

Naveen Patnaik, Odisha chief minister

Rahul Gandhi, Congress vice-president

Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra chief minister

Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister

Vasundhara Raje, Rajasthan chief minister

Nitish Kumar, Bihar chief minister

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Dhrubo Jyoti
Dhrubo Jyoti is Deputy Executive Editor at Hindustan Times, where they help oversee the newspaper’s daily news and opinion coverage. They are part of the leadership team of the newspaper and their daily responsibilities include news selection, commissioning and editing, apart from planning and executing special projects. Apart from this, they write on national affairs at the intersection of caste and sexuality, with a focus on elections, politics and the lifeworlds of the caste marginalised. Formally trained in physics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Bose Institute, Kolkata, they made a switch to studying journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. Over the past decade at Hindustan Times, they have worked at the National Desk, Page 1 team, Integrated Copy Desk and Special Stories Team, before running the opinion page as views editor for two years, and then moving back as Senior Editor of News Operations. In the past 12 years, they have reported on numerous national and state elections, specialising on caste-informed coverage of major moments in India’s history, and focussing on leading investigations into government accountability and social inequities. Their narrative non-fiction work aims to put Dalit voices at the core of India’s LGBTQIA+ movements.Read More