Jayalalitha Meets Prime Minister

Tamilnadu chief minister Ms. J Jayalalitha, who arrived in Delhi yesterday, met the Prime Minister in the afternoon today. Afterr meeting with the prime minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalitha attended the press conference. Speaking inthe press conference, she told that the PM had held out a lot of hope for Central assistance for Tamil Nadu.

Jayalalitha told the media that she discussed about Sri Lankan Tamils, issues facing Tamil Nadu fishermen with regard to ill-treatment at the hands of the Sri Lankan Navy and a power crisis in her state with Dr. Manmohan Singh. She pointed out that the Congress had made clear that it was still in partnership with the DMK at the Centre, so a question of aligning with her did not arise. "If anyone wants my support they have to ask for it," she said.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister met only the Prime Minister and not UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. She noted that it was not "appropriate" for her to call on Sonia Gandhi as the Congress and DMK continued to be allies.
Slamming the DMK, she said more leaders of that party were likely to go to jail. She flayed DMK policies and rule in Tamil Nadu over the last five years, but pointed out that her AIADMK had nothing do to with the DMK's woes. "AIADMK is not vindictive...the DMK is paying the price for its mistakes," she said.