Is She Jayalalithaa’s Secret Daughter? 

Hyderabad: The picture of a woman, said to be ‘secret child’ of Jayalalithaa took social media by storm but several sources have rubbished the story.

Popular singer Chinmayi Sripada, came to the rescue of the woman disclosing her identity through her Facebook post. The woman, identified as Divya Ramanathan Veeraraghavan, lives with her husband in Australia, who comes from an "illustrious family of classical musicians."

"I received these photographs attached with ridiculous 'news'. The couple in the photograph are known to my family and they belong to an illustrious family of classical musicians. This rumour has been propagated long enough for even Google image search to return with similar results. Like they say, repeat a lie long enough and it becomes 'truth'. Please, please stop sharing ridiculous 'news stories' created clearly as a figment of the imagination of an unstable mind. She belongs to the family of renowned Mridangam Vidwan V Balaji. When he is not busy with concerts he is a part of the web series called 'Husbanned'. If people were half as interested in investing the time sharing whatsapp forwards into being better citizens, our country would be wayy better [sic],” Chinmayi’s post on Facebook.

Incidentally, the picture surfaced few years ago, but the family didn’t complain thinking the rumour would come to an end itself. However the picture went viral after the demise of Jayalalithaa

Meanwhile, Mridangam artist Trivandrum V Balaji, who is the brother-in-law of the woman in the picture further clarified on the issue.

“Clarification regarding my sister-in-law being portrayed as daughter of former chief minister Selvi J Jayalalithaa which has been in circulation for a while on social media. The person in this picture is my sister-in-law and we know her since her childhood and this has been annoying us for a while. Thanks to good friends like Chinmayi Sriprada and others who have done their best to clarify this in public. I request my friends and well-wishers to share this as much as possible and hence help clarify. I would request and appreciate my friends and well-wishers to share this..ur sharing is much important here. Thanks a lot,” Trivandrum post on Facebook.

Incidentally, the picture surfaced few years ago, but the family didn’t complain thinking the rumour would come to an end itself. However the picture went viral after the demise of Jayalalithaa.