Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Friday and said she is ‘recovering well.’

Rahul drove straight from the airport to the hospital and visited the unit where Jayalalithaa is being treated.

In brief remarks after visiting the hospital, Rahul said, "I wanted to give my support and Congress president's support to the Chief Minister".

"The Chief Minister is improving and she is going to be alright," he said.

"I want to give maximum energy to Jayalalithaa ji, so that she gets well soon," Rahul said while replying to a question, adding, he wishes for her speedy recovery.

He was briefed by doctors about the treatment being given to the AIADMK supremo. State Congress chief Su Thirunavukkarasar accompanied him.

Rahul's visit to Chennai lasted barely a little over an hour and half. He arrived around 11.20 am and boarded a flight to Delhi around 1 pm.

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BY M. DIVYA SRI