Jaya death anniversary: Black-clad EPS, OPS walk silent march, pay tribute

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Tuesday remembered on her first death anniversary, with AIADMK veterans K Palanisamy and O Panneerselvam leading the party supporters in paying tributes
to their 'Amma.'

Jayalalithaa is fondly addressed as 'Amma,' meaning mother in Tamil, by her supporters.

AIADMK Coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister, O Panneerselvam and party Co-Coordinator and Chief Minister, K Palanisamy led a silent procession of party workers from Anna Salai to Jayalalithaa's mausoleum on Marina beach in Chennai.

Most of the party workers, including the two leaders and many other ministers, were clad in black shirts.

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People gathered in large numbers on Tuesday to pay homage and tribute to their 'Amma' at Jaya memorial in Marina Beach on her first death anniversary.

They paid floral tributes to former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa, who passed away after a prolonged disease last year.

Amma's followers, who gathered from across the state, expressed remorse over her death.

AIADMK national spokesperson Apsara Reddy, who was present at the memorial, said that nobody can replace Amma.

"The political developments in the state after Amma's demise have been very sad. Nobody can replace Amma," said Reddy.

Jayalalithaa, admitted to a corporate hospital in Chennai in September 2016, breathed her last this day last year, after 75 days of hospitalisation.