Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister of J Jayalalithaa passed away in Chennai based Apollo Hospital on Monday (Dec. 05) night. Jayalalithaa was 68. She reportedly suffered a “cardiac arrest” (Heart Attack) on Sunday and was shifted back to the ICU and kept under observation at Apollo Hospital.

Jayalalithaa, who was popular politician who showered the poor with populist programmes and had been a donating politics in Tamil Nadu for three decades. She died after after battling for life for 75 days.

The CM passed at 11:30 pm on Monday night, the Apollo Hospitals said in a statement.