After paying tribute to Jayalalithaa : Loksabha adjourned

     Written by : IANS | Tue, Dec 06, 2016, 12:04 AM

After paying tribute to Jayalalithaa : Loksabha adjourned

New Delhi, Dec 6 : Lok Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned for the day after paying tribute to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who passed away late on Monday.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan remembered her as a "popular and eminent leader". Members stood in silence as a mark of respect to the AIADMK leader. After paying tributes to Jayalalithaa, who was also a Rajya Sabha member from 1984-89, members in both Houses stood in silence for a brief while.

The house was then adjourned for the day.

Jayalalithaa died at 11.30 p.m. on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. She was 68.