Sasikala names newborn girl 'Jayalalithaa'

Sasikala with former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa. File

Chennai: Jayalalithaa's aide, Sasikala on Sunday named a new born baby girl of an AIADMK cadre as Jayalalithaa in memory of the late chief minister.

The baby named "Jayalalithaa" by Sasikala is the child of Gaythri and Senthil Kumar, resident of Theni district. Senthil Kumar is an auto driver, a party release said.

Sasikala named the child after the former chief minister here at the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa, where she continues to live.

Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 here after a prolonged hospitalization stretching over two months.

(With agency inputs)