Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley visit Apollo Hospital to enquire about Jayalalithaa's health

Chennai: The BJP national president Amit Shah and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley visited the Apollo Hospital where AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment.

During their nearly 20 minute visit to the hospital on Wednesday, doctors explained to them about the nature of treatment being given to the Chief Minister. Shah and Jaitley, who flew down from New Delhi together and reached the airport around 12.30 pm by an Air India flight, left the hospital without briefing the waiting media persons. When asked, a BJP senior said the two leaders came to the city only to visit the hospital where Ms Jayalalithaa is being treated and had to leave immediately.

Later, Mr Shah posted on the microblogging site: “Visited Apollo Hospital in Chennai to enquire about the health of Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa Ji. I wish and pray for her speedy recovery.” And Mr Jaitley tweeted: “Visited Apollo hospital Chennai today. I wish J. Jayalalithaa Ji, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu a speedy recovery.”

Stating that Mr Amit Shah and Mr Arun Jaitley had visited Ms Jayalalithaa to convey the BJP’s good wishes for her speedy recovery and long healthy life, BJP office secretary Mahendra Pandey said “we sincerely hope that she would resume her duties soon in the service of the people of Tamil Nadu.”