Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda has asked the Karnataka Government to shift jailed AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa to Tamil Nadu from Parappana Agrahara Central prison in Bangalore as it was a burden for the State Government to manage large numbers of protesters and also maintain the law and order situation.
He said, “I only appeal to the State Government... let the former Chief Minister (Jayalalithaa) be transferred to Tamil Nadu.”
“...Every day a huge number of people are coming here and protesting, every day we have to manage them by deploying special police force, along with maintaining the law and order here... Why should we take this burdenIJ” “Whether bail is given or not, we have nothing to do with it. It is a judicial matter....Why do we want thisIJ” he asked.
A special court Judge in Bangalore had on September 27 convicted Jayalalithaa and sentenced her to four years in prison, besides imposing a `100-crore fine on her and her associates. The former Prime Minister also said the court was specially appointed for this case and cannot give bail now. “let them go and appeal in whichever court they want... What do we have do with itIJ”.
In a huge political setback to J Jayalalithaa, the Special Court Judge Michael Dicunha found Amma guilty in a 1996 disproportionate assets case.
According to an official of the Karnataka prisons AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa, who is lodged in Parapana Agrahara prison after being convicted in an illegal assets case is keeping good health and there was no need for any panic, a top Karnataka police official said here.
According to DIG of prisons M Jaisimha who scotched the rumors about Jayalalithaa’s health and said “I appeal to the people of Tamil Nadu not to panic. Madam Jayalalithaa is keeping good health”.
Her blood pressure and sugar levels are normal, he said. The DIG also denied reports that Jayalalithaa has been shifted to a hospital. “There is no truth in it - it is absolutely hogwash,” he said.
Jaisimha said the AIADMK leader is also being looked after by her friend Sasikala and Elavarasi, the latter’s relative, who are lodged in the same women’s barracks.
On her prison routine, he said Jayalalithaa eats simple food as per doctors’ advice, besides reading newspapers. “She eats brown bread, milk, biscuits, fruits and chappatis, if she demands,” he said. She also regularly reads three English dailies every day, he said.