Jayalalitha rules out post-poll tie with NDA

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on Friday put a dampener on speculations of any alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Squashing rumours of any talks of forging a post-poll alliance fuelled by his meeting with BJP president Rajnath Singh, Amar said, "It was not possible as there was an ideological difference between the two parties." "I don't think so because there is a core issue of difference between us and them.

May 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha, whose AIADMK is widely expected to bag most of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats, said Wednesday that several political parties were wooing her.

May 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday reiterated there is no talk of an alliance between the party and AIADMK after elections. 'It has been nowhere said that the Congress is going to have a post-poll alliance with the AIADMK,' Azad, the AICC general secretary in-charge of Tamil Nadu, told a news channel here.

May 8th, 2009 KARAIKUDI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday ruled out any post-poll tie up with the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.

May 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Reiterating her call for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka, AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha Wednesday said the Indian Army would be sent to the island nation to carve out Tamil Eelam state if her alliance wins all the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

April 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former union minister Dayanidhi Maran Saturday sent a legal notice to AIADMK chief Jayalalitha after she charged that he had misused his position to help his family-owned Sun TV. Maran threatened to sue Jayalalitha demanding a compensation of Rs.100 million if she failed to tender a public apology.

April 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - MDMK boss Vaiko Sunday proposed AIADMK general secretary Jayalalitha's name for prime ministership, terming her 'the fittest candidate'. 'I shall canvass support for this dynamic leader with versatile capabilities as she is the fittest candidate for the post of prime minister,' Vaiko told reporters.

April 14th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha Tuesday denied she had prime ministerial ambitions, and asserted that the alliance led by her would sweep Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats.

April 14th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha Tuesday asserted that she had no 'personal ambition' to become prime minister and said she would consult the Left, the PMK, the MDMK and 'other like minded parties' after the elections.

April 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha continued changing her list of candidates for the forthcoming parliamentary elections yet again Monday.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A majority of people in Tamil Nadu want the government to support the outlawed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, according to an opinion poll. Asked if the government should support the LTTE in Sri Lanka, 66 percent respondents said yes, the NDTV said in a release Tuesday, revealing the findings of the opinion survey.

March 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK boss and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha Monday said she was not in the race to be prime minister, 'at least for now', and that the Third Front grouping has a 'bright future'.

March 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI MA - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha was in 'constant communication' and was involved in the alliance of non-Congress and non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Monday.

March 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and a staunch critic of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) J. Jayalalitha Monday observed a day-long fast, demanding 'equal status' for Sri Lankan Tamils in the island nation.

January 28th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha met Communist Party of India general secretary A.B.