Bengaluru: Nearly a year after J Jayalalithaa died while she was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a woman from Bengaluru has asked the Supreme Court for a chance to prove she is the politician's daughter.
Amrutha Sarathy, 37, has told the top court that a DNA test will prove that she is the offspring of Jayalalithaa who died after a lengthy hospital stay last December. Her petition does not say who she believes her father is. The Supreme Court has said she needs to approach the Karnataka High Court and that it will not intervene at this stage.
Ms Amrutha, who was present in the Supreme Court today, claims that she was raised in Bengaluru by Jayalalithaa's estranged younger sister, Shailaja, and her husband.
Jayalalithaa's death at the age of 68 invoked a ferocious succession war that eventually pitted her closest and live-in aide, VK Sasikala, against leaders of Jayalalithaa's party including Chief Minister E Palaniswami. Among relatives who tried to claim her hefty political legacy is Deepa Jayakumar, whose father was Jayalalithaa's brother.
Amrutha Sarathy, 37, has told the top court that a DNA test will prove that she is the offspring of Jayalalithaa who died after a lengthy hospital stay last December. Her petition does not say who she believes her father is. The Supreme Court has said she needs to approach the Karnataka High Court and that it will not intervene at this stage.
Ms Amrutha, who was present in the Supreme Court today, claims that she was raised in Bengaluru by Jayalalithaa's estranged younger sister, Shailaja, and her husband.
J Jayalalithaa died in December 2016 while she was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
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Jayalalithaa's death at the age of 68 invoked a ferocious succession war that eventually pitted her closest and live-in aide, VK Sasikala, against leaders of Jayalalithaa's party including Chief Minister E Palaniswami. Among relatives who tried to claim her hefty political legacy is Deepa Jayakumar, whose father was Jayalalithaa's brother.
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