Jayalalitha creates a new record

Tamilnadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha has created a new record in the bye- elections held recently in Dr. Radha Krishnan Nagar constituency in Chennai. She won the elections bagging 1, 60, 432 votes and with a majority of 1, 50,722 votes over her rival C. Mahendran of CPI, who wins only 9,710 votes. Another interesting thing in this bye-election is that all the 27 candidates contested have lost their deposits.

Her AIADMK cadres have started celebrations from morning itself when she was leading in the first round of counting of votes. AIADMK cadres across Tamilnadu state are grandly celebrating her sweeping victory in the bye-elections. State Governor K Rosaiah congratulates her on this occasion. Her victory is very much expected but not with such a huge margin.

It boosts the spirits of her and her party cadres. But, she may face legal problems very soon as the Karnataka government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court recently seeking her disqualification and challenging the Karnataka High Court’s verdict that acquitted her from disproportionate assets case. Hence, she has to start a fresh legal battle very soon. But, this case also may be dragged for years or decades and no surprise if she retires from the politics in the meantime.