Jayalalithaa to send representatives for Akilesh's swearing-in ceremony

Greeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Akhilesh Singh Yadav on his party's electoral success, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said she will send her representatives to attend his swearing-in ceremony.

Jayalalithaa spoke to Yadav over phone today and greeted him for emerging as the youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and said he was now carrying the expectations of the people of that state.

"Yadav sought the blessings of the Chief Minister. She assured him that her blessings would be with him always and said he had now been entrusted with the big responsibilty as Chief Minister and carried the expectations of the people," an official release here said quoting the telephone conversation between the two leaders.

She wished him that he would meet all the expectations with the cooperation of people and the blessings of the Lord Almighty, it added.

The AIADMK chief also spoke to Akhilesh's father, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who invited her for the swearing-in ceremony of his son on March 15 .

Jayalalithaa, though willing to attend the swearing-in, however expressed her inability to do so owing to her campaign schedule ahead of the March 18 Sanakarankoil bypoll, the release said adding she promised to depute AIADMK MPs, M Thambidurai and Dr V Maithreyan on her behalf.