The Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Saturday decided to recommend late AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa for India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna. In its first meeting chaired by Chief Minister O Panneerselvam after Amma’s demise, the Cabinet also decided to recommend to the Centre installation of her life-size bronze statue in Parliament complex. Further, the Council of Ministers proposed to raise a memorial building for the deceased leader at the MG Ramachandran (MGR) Memorial site, where she was laid to rest on Tuesday. The memorial will be built at an estimated cost of Rs15 crore. The Cabinet further resolved to rename the memorial as Dr Puratchi Thalaivar MGR and Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Selvi J Jayalalithaa
Memorial.The Cabinet also proposed to unveil a portrait of the leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.