We lied about Jaya's health: Tamil Nadu minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan
Mr Sreenivasan listed the lies the ministers had made to the people during that period, like Amma was having idli and chutni'.
MADURAI: Taking the controversy over the circumstances that led to former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s death in Chennai last year one notch higher, party leader and state forest minister Dindigul C. Sreenivasan has virtually admitted that the entire AIADMK ministry then had “lied to people” on the health conditions of their benevolent leader. He, however, claimed that what they are saying now is “true”.
Addressing a gathering to mark late Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai’s birth anniversary celebrations at Madurai on Friday night, Mr. Sreenivasan “listed the lies” the ministers had made to the people during that period, like ‘Amma was having idli and chutni’. “We were compelled to lie about her health. We made such statements to make the people believe that she was doing well,” he said. “I apologise for having made such false statements,” he said. “We were not allowed to even see her in the hospital. Whenever we visited the hospital, we were made to sit in the room of the hospital owner. Sasikala would meet us in that room and we will return,” he said, adding, in fact nobody was allowed into the floor where Jayalalithaa was given treatment.