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As Jayalalithaa Passes Away at 68, Twitter Mourns Amma’s Death

Tributes continued to pour in for Amma with DMK chief M Karunanidhi, PM Modi among others condoling her death.

Shambhavi Prakash
Politics
Updated:
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away late on Monday evening at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. (Photo: IANS)
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away late on Monday evening at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. (Photo: IANS)
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Jayaraman Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was declared dead by Apollo hospital in Chennai where she suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday night. Apollo hospital made the announcement late on Monday night. O Panneerselvam took charge as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Seven-day state mourning will be observed from 6 December.

Top political leaders paid tributes to Jayalalithaa, lauding her pro-poor politics and describing her as one of the most iconic Indian politicians. Here’s how people on Twitter reacted to the death of J Jayalalithaa:

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Published: 06 Dec 2016,10:13 AM IST

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