Jayalalithaa Likely to Take Oath as Tamil Nadu CM by Next Week: AIADMK

The AIADMK matriarch JJayalalithaa is likely to take oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister by next week, an official party statement has said today.

"Before Jayalalithaa takes over as the CM, she will go through the judgment to be thorough with it. It is more than 900 pages long. She is also waiting for the right time before making any announcement. Most likely, she will become the CM by next week," AIADMK leader C R Saraswati said.

Saraswati dismissed allegations made by opposition parties including DMK and PMT as falsehood; the parties said that a 'miscalculation' had helped Jayalalithaa get an acquittal in the disproportionate assets case filed against her.

"The opposition parties cannot digest the judgment. They were expecting something different because the DMK wants to come back to power. However, the justice [presiding over the case] said very clearly - the property values were miscalculated, because property rates have changed since they were bought"

"Everyone knows, Jayalalithaa was a very big heroine once. She was charging lakhs those days and one of the properties named was bought by her mother. She is also a regular tax payer," she added.

Earlier this week, the KarnatakaHigh Court in a disproportionate assets case acquitted Jayalalithaa, and since then there is a euphoric atmosphere in the AIADMK camp.

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AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa Set to Become the CM of Tamil Nadu Again

After getting acquittal in thedisproportionate assets case, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is all set to become the CM of Tamil Nadu again.

The current CM of the state O Panneerselvam may resign any moment. With around a year to go for the assembly elections in the state, her acquittal is nothing less than a morale booster for the party. 

There are strong rumors that the AIADMK think tank may opt to go in for an early elections to cash in the wave of popularity that she has got with the verdict of Karnataka High Court gave today.

Jayalalithaa  had to resign from her post after trial court convicted her in a disproportionate assets case on 27 September last year.  With the decision, she automatically became disqualified from being a member of the Assembly and contesting elections for 10 years from then.

Today's decision is seen by many as a new lease of life for the AIADMK matriarch.

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The Karnataka High Court Acquits Jayalalitha in the Disproportionate Assets Case

The Karnataka High Court Acquits Jayalalitha in the Disproportionate Assets Case

The Karnataka High Court has acquitted the AIADMK supremo and former CM of Tamilnadu J. Jayalalitha today in a disproportionate assets case.

The trial court had found her guilty of improper accumulation of 54 crore rupees, and sentenced her to a four year jail term.

A petition was filed against the decision in the Karnataka High Court.

VK Sasikala, VN Sudhakaran and J. Ilyarsi were also acquitted by the Karnataka High Court.

As soon as the news of her acquittal was broken, the party activists and supporters started celebrating her 'home coming'.     

Jayalalitha has to resign from the post of CM last year after being convicted in the disproportionate assets case.

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Dayanidhi Maran Accuses The CBI Of Using Foul Means To Implicate Him

Former Union Telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran has alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is trying to implicate him by forcing his associates to give a statement against him in the telephone exchange case. 

The case is related to the allegations that a virtual telephone-exchange was established at his residence in order to enable data transfer that would benefit Sun TV group, a media house owned by Maran's brother Kalanidhi Maran. A case has been registered by the CBI against him and some BSNL officials regarding the illegitimate allocation of over 300 high-speed telephone lines for the mentioned purpose.  

Without naming the individual, Maran said that an intellectual from Tamil Nadu wants to trap the DMK by misusing his political powers. He said, "the CBI has threatened my associates that they will be let go if they give a statement against me," a day after CBI arrested three individuals, including Maran's former secretary. 

He further added, "I have written a letter to the CBI Director on the arrest of my associates." Accusing the investigating agency of behaving like a harassment tool, he said, "CBI should be fact finding bureau not a fixing bureau."

According to him the three people arrested by the CBI were given the third degree treatment by the agency. He has iterated that he will fight the case till the very end.  “Is CBI trying to impress the RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu? The telephone line still functions in my residence....CBI wants to pass the buck, I have no choice but to fight it out,” Maran challenged.

Son of senior DMK leader Late Murasoli Maran and grandnephew of DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, Dayanidhi Maran met with the senior DMK leadership earlier.

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