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Sasikala gets parole to meet ailing husband in Chennai (Second Lead)
Bengaluru/Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala was on Friday granted five-day parole to meet her ailing husband M. Natarajan in Chennai. She has been directed to keep away from all political activity during the parole period.
Sasikala, 60, left for Chennai in a private car along with her nephew and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran from the jail at Parapanna Agrahara on the city’s southern outskirts.
“She (Sasikala) has been given parole for five days till October 11 to meet her ailing husband in the hospital in Chennai,” Bengaluru Central Jail Superintendent G. Somashekar told IANS.
Though Sasikala applied for 15 days parole on Wednesday, the prison authority permitted her to be out of jail for only five days with conditions.
“Sasikala has been directed to limit her visit to Chennai. She has also been instructed to desist from any political activity during the parole period,” Somashekar said.
She is allowed to meet her relatives but not politicians or her party leaders and lawmakers. She is also prevented from talking to media, he added.
On reaching Chennai, Sasikala drove straight to the T Nagar residence of her niece Krishnapriya. Called ‘Chinnamma’ by her admirers, Sasikala could not visit Poes Garden, the residence of late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, as the state government has decided to turn it into a memorial.
There was a large gathering of supporters in T Nagar as she arrived, with local police stepping up security.
Many supporters congregated along the Bengaluru-Chennai highway to cheer her and shower flowers on the convoy.
During the parole, Sasikala can spend time at the T Nagar residence and at Geneagles Global Hospital where her husband Natarajan, 74, had undergone liver and kidney transplant on Wednesday.
State Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar said her visit to Chennai will not have an impact on either the MLAs or the government. “None of the ministers are going to meet Sasikala,” he declared.
Sasikala had to inform the Bengaluru prison authorities on the address where she would reside. She said that she would be staying at the residence of her sister-in-law Illavarasi at Habibullah Road in T Nagar, who is also serving sentence in the same case. Her daughter Krishnapriya is living there at present.
Sasikala is serving a four-year sentence in the central prison on the city’s outskirts since February 15 after the Supreme Court on February 14 upheld her conviction in a corruption case by a trial court in September 2015 here.
AIADMK’s Karnataka unit in-charge Va Pugazhendi told IANS that party’s Rajya Sabha lawmaker N. Krishnan gave an undertaking on Sasikala’s behalf and deposited Rs 1,000 with the Bengaluru jail as a surety for her parole.
Tamil Nadu Police, which have given no-objection certificate for Sasikala’s visit to Chennai, will look after her security during the parole.
Sasikala’s co-convicts Illavarasi (sister in-law) and V.N. Sudhakaran (nephew) are also serving the sentence concurrently in the same jail after they were held guilty in the Rs 64-crore disproportionate assets case of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Jayalalithaa, who was also convicted in the 19-year-old graft case, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on December 5, 2016.
–IANS
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Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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