Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday greeted Ms Hillary Clinton for having clinched the Democratic party’s nomination for the upcoming US Presidential election, while recalling their meeting here in 2011.
“It is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction for all women in the world and in particular, women in democratic electoral politics that you have become the first woman to be a candidate of one of the two major political parties in the United States for the Presidency,” she said in her letter to Ms Clinton.
“I have fond memories of your visit to Chennai on July 20, 2011, as the Secretary of State, and our warm and cordial interaction on the occasion on a range of issues of mutual interest. My best wishes are with you for the further stages of the campaign and for the Presidential Election in November this year. I have no doubt that as your political career peaks, you will continue to be a role model for women across the world,” Ms Jayalalithaa added.
