Karunanidhi, Siddharamaiah pray for Jayalalithaa's speedy recovery

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa was rushed to Apollo Hospital late last night after she complained of high fever and dehydration. The hospital officials yesterday had sent out a mail stating that she was recovering and is in stable condition and that she is kept in the hospital for observation.

The news of the leaders health spread like wildfire and hundreds of people started gathering in and around the hospital premises in Chennai. "Amma is our God, nothing will happen to her. We will stand here till she gets back to her normal condition," said a tear eyed cadre outside the hospital.

"She has only done good to the people of Tamil Nadu, nothing will go wrong. She will live till hundred years and she will serve us all till then," said another cadre who was breaking coconuts outside the hospital praying that Jaya should return to her residence healthy.

While the Opposition parties in the state have been continuously questioning the chief minister's health condition even before the state election, now it has only led to a louder outcry.

OPPOSITION WISHES SPEEDY RECOVERY

But respecting the CM of the state is something even the opposition party knows and it was seen that DMK chief M Karunanidhi had put up a Facebook post that read, "Jayalalithaa and I have ideological differences, but I sincerely wish that she has a speedy recovery, and gets back to work."

MDMK leader Vaiko said, "I pray to mother nature that she has a speedy recovery." Opposition leader in the state Assembly M K Stalin also sent his prayers to the chief minister.

At the time of Cauvery water issue and political tension between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka it was seen that Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah was one of the first to wish Jaya a speedy recovery.

As the day came to an end with a messages from politicians, actors and people from the film fraternity, hundreds of AIADMK cadres are still waiting for a news from the hospital authorities that Jaya can return home.

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