Palaniswami inaugurates Jaya's Chennai home as a memorial

January 28, 2021 13:53

The opening ceremony of 'Veda Nilayam' memorial, the residence of late Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, was held in Chennai on Thursday.

In a simple function, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami unveiled a plaque that declared the Veda Nilayam residence where the late leader lived -- in the posh Poes Garden area- -- a memorial in her honour and following takeover of the residential property by the government.

Palaniswami, flanked by his cabinet colleagues, including Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal, paid floral tributes to a portrait of Jayalalithaa and they lit a traditional lamp symbolising the opening of the memorial.

The Madras high court on Wednesday allowed the government to go ahead with the opening ceremony but ordered that the building shall not be thrown open to the public.

Passing interim order on petitions by Deepak and Deepa, nephew and niece of the late AIADMK supremo seeking a stay on the inauguration, the court ordered that the opening ceremony alone can take place as scheduled.

The duo filed separate petitions challenging the government notification for acquisition of Veda Nilayam to convert it into a memorial and the award passed by the Land Acquisition Officer.

Palaniswami also opened a life size statue (about nine feet high) of Jayalalithaa in the premises of a state-run college on Kamarajar Salai in front of Marina beach and paid floral tributes to her.

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