NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 30
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar on Friday alleged that the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led government in Tamil Nadu is acting like an “autocratic government.”
“I demand security cover for myself as I am facing threats. A trust should be formed and all assets should be controlled by it. As AIADMK has lost the case, they are behaving in this manner and acting like an autocratic government. This government should be scrapped and elections should be held. AIADMK will lose if the election is held and DMK will win easily,” she said.
Deepa said that she welcomed the Madras High Court verdict in which it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider its decision of converting Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence into a memorial.
“I thank the judges for giving us recognition. I do not want to politicise this. I already said that this government will prosecute us if the positive verdict comes. So I have already approached the governor. Everyone knows that I have filed the case,” she said.
“I am not being allowed to enter Poes Garden residence. We are entitled to the judgment. I was born there and I was not allowed to witness the last rites of my aunt that was performed by the AIADMK government. Even I was not allowed to see my aunt in the hospital. Since we have now won in the case, the AIADMK should obey the order,” she added.
