The battle for Jayalalithaa's physical legacy took an interesting twist after Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of Jayalalithaa, today asserted that she would under no circumstances give up her legal claim over Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence, which the Tamil Nadu government has said would be converted into a memorial.
“I do not know how they could make an announcement like that without even consulting us. My brother Deepak and I are my aunt’s only surviving blood relatives and the rightful heirs to her property. The government did not even serve us a notice asking for our views,” Deepa told a press met on Thursday evening. She said she would vehemently oppose the government’s takeover of the bungalow.
Saying she wanted to preserve Poes Garden in the memory of her aunt Deepa said that she would go even up to the Supreme Court to protect her rightful claim to the property.