Jayalaithaa visits ailing Cho Ramaswamy and says think positively - video goes viral

Jayalaithaa meets Cho – Pic: Tamil Nadu Information and Public Relations Department (video below)

Staff correspondent, August 29, 2015, NewsCrunch

A video of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalaithaa visiting her good friend Cho Ramaswamy in hospital gone viral.

As Jayalalithaa walks into the room, a nurse greets her, which she acknowledges. As Cho is lying with his eye closed, his wife comes and alerts him to check who had come to see him.

Two of them exchanges pleasantries and Jayalaithaa enquires about his health asking him to not to lift his head.

Jayalaithaa asks him to think positively and says if he can believe that he will get better, then he would.

To give him confidence, Jayalaithaa makes light of his illness, and says it happens to everybody.

Cho apologises for making her to come visit him, but she says with a smile that it is no trouble at all.

It is not clear where the grainy footage has been sourced from, though the Tami Nadu government released a photograph of the meeting.

The video is being shared by Jayalaithaa fans as it gives a rare glimpse to her human side. Jayalaithaa, who has also battled reports of serious illness, is seen assuring Cho in a cheerful tone.

Cho, the 79-year old Tamil journalist, has been ill with age-related problems. He and Jayalaithaa have been good friends for decades.

Viral video of J Jayalaithaa visiting her good friend Cho Ramaswamy