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A MOMENT TO CHERISH: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa with freedom fighter Saraswathy alias Rajamani at the Secretariat in Chennai on Monday. — Photo: V. Ganesan
CHENNAI: When Chief Minister Jayalalithaa invited Indian National Army (INA) veteran Saraswathy to the Secretariat, she wanted to give her financial assistance and a home to call her own. But on Monday, Ms. Saraswathy, alias Rajamani, was as much a giver as a recipient. At the Secretariat, the 83-year-old Ms. Saraswathy had something to present to the Chief Minister: a memento with a portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose inscribed on it. Clad in INA khaki, Ms. Saraswathi greeted the Chief Minister with a salute and a "Jai Hind!" Ms. Jayalalithaa handed over a cheque for Rs. 5 lakhs from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund and the order of allotment of a housing board flat to her . The amount will be deposited in the Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation to enable her to draw the monthly interest of Rs. 2917. Overwhelmed with joy, the INA veteran thanked Ms. Jayalalithaa: "I am immensely pleased as the Chief Minister has quickly responded to my appeal for assistance. I wish her a long life so that she will continue to extend a helping hand to the poor and the needy."
War years
Ms. Saraswathi, during her four-year stint in the INA from 1942, played an active part in operations in the Indo-Burma theatre of war. A member of the intelligence wing, she was tasked with getting vital information from behind enemy lines at great personal risk. Recalling her experiences in the Eastern sector with pride and patriotic fervour, Ms. Sarawathi said among the unforgettable episodes of those years was the successful rescue of a fellow INA spy abducted by the British troops. Along with some of her colleagues, they had secured their comrade's release after tranquilising the British unit. However, while fleeing from the enemy camp, she was shot and wounded. Ms. Sarawathi has appealed to the Chief Minister to allot the flat in Royapettah, an area familiar to her, instead of Anna Nagar.
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