Chennai: Sasikala Natrajan names newborn baby Jayalalitha

Jayalalitha's close confidante named the baby at the residence of the late CM, Poes Garden, where she continues to live.

Update: 2016-12-18 11:55 GMT

AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa with her close aide Sasikala Natarajan (Photo: PTI/File)

Chennai: Jayalalithaa's aide, Sasikala Natrajan named a new born baby girl of an AIADMK cadre as Jayalalithaa in memory of the late Chief Minister on Sunday.

The baby named "Jayalalithaa" by Sasikala is the child of Gaythri and Senthil Kumar. Resident of Theni district, Senthil Kumar is an auto driver, said a party release on Sunday.

Sasikala named the child after the former Chief Minister at the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa, where she continues to live. Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after a prolonged hospitalisation stretching over two months.