Rajya Sabha pays tribute to Jayalalitaa

     Written by : IANS | Tue, Dec 06, 2016, 12:06 AM

Rajya Sabha pays tribute to Jayalalitaa

New Delhi, Dec 6 : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday after paying tribute to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who died in Chennai on Monday night. Rajya Sabha observed a two-minute silence and was then adjourned in the memory of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalalitha.

As the house assembled for the day, Chairman Mohmmad Hamid Ansari read out the obituary reference for the iconic leader.

The house observed two minutes' silence before being adjourned for the day.

Jayalalithaa, who was admitted in a hospital in Chennai for over two months, died at 11.30 p.m. on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening.