Jaya, An unparallel (Political) Fine Tuner

- D. Vishnumohan Rao

Jayaraman Jayalalithaa, the Puratchi Thalaivi of Tamil Nadu is an unparallel fine tuner of the political situations. She fine-tunes any situation before or even after it totally goes wrong for her.

If we keep the graft, amassing disproportionate wealth, court cases and convictions aside, in the present day political scenario, her “weight” creates an unbalancing situation to any one and any party. With a single statement, she can create havoc in the minds of leaders and their parties.

Her expertise, excellence and strategies are evident with her pining down the aspirations of DMK leader and former Chief Minister Mr M Karunanidhi and clinching the chair from him during the recently held general assembly elections.

The most important aspect, which took the ‘weight’ off the Tamil Nadu Governor’s reputation is to extend invitation to Jaya to form government, despite her disqualification to contest in elections, as she “over weighed” in the election results with majority to her party AIADMK.

Jaya consolidated her “weight” by creating history to become the first ever Chief Minister, who was discarded by the country’s Election Commission from contesting any election, of course in the recent elections. Who knows what would happen when? She might even be re-qualified for contesting?

She is an expert in maintaining friendly relations with some parties and persons, though she ties up with some other parties for the elections. In a similar fashion, prior to the Assembly elections Jaya instrumentally floated a Secular Front bringing together the Congress, Tamila Manila Congress, MDMK, TRC, CPI and CPI(M). The post election behaviour of Jaya was contrary to her attitude before and during the elections. Every one predicted that Jaya would incline towards the second front (the Congress and its allies group) that formed government in Pondicheri with the support of AIADMK.

Reciting the political saying that there would be no permanent friends and foes for a politician, she joined hands with Lefts, Samajwadi Party, and Janata Dal (U) at the national level. Now a new discussion is in circulation. Whether AIADMK would benefit with its supremo Jaya’s strategies in a long run or not. Electorate, party cadre and herself pretty well know that the association with the third front, which is not even in power in four or five states, will not give her good mileage. Still her continuance with them could be analysed as to create hardships to the NDA government at the centre and gathering support to pressurise the Central government to evolve scratch proof from the cases that are running neck deep water on her. Other than this, the screenplay and direction of Jaya in future course of time might bring in many a change on the national political scenario itself.

If in case the NDA government collapses due to various reasons, the party that could take more benefit will be the Congress. Obviously, with the results from the results of the recently conducted elections for the five states’ assemblies makes this clearer. Even under this circumstance, NDA stands on the penultimate stage and not the third front. This is a simplest equation that could be calculated by any one, including Jaya.

The logic of Jaya in continuing with this third front seems to be only with an idea to get support from the allies, for the solo fight she declares on the dais. This strategy would simply present the tactical fine-tuning of the situation through political strategies of Jaya. Long before the opponent recovers from Jaya’s strike, she advances miles ahead of them. Such specialities helped her to take over the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister throne for the second time in a totally hostile atmosphere.

As we discussed her disqualification to contest and becoming Chief Minister by virtue of some lacunas in the Constitution. These lacunae gave her an opportunity to ‘occupy’ the seat even when she was convicted by the Courts of Law.

According to the regulations framed in Article 164 (4) of the Constitution, a person irrespective of his/her election to the state assembly, if supported by maximum number of elected legislators can swear in as Chief Minister of the state. But, they should contest and win an election with in a stipulated period of six months of coming to power.

May be, the Constitution framers during those preliminary days might not have ever dreamt or analysed of the situation that a candidate who was cast off by the Election Commission to contest, becomes a Chief Minister, which is ill-fate of the democratic set up of the country. Under these conditions, it is evident that Congress will never extend support to Jaya’s candidature as Chief Minister.

Now, the importance of the third front comes on to the stage. Probably this would be the solo fight to be launched by the AIADMK supremo supporters, which is anticipated from the parleys of the third front.

In any case, Jaya is Jaya. She is working out modalities to fulfil the pre-poll promises and take M Karuna Nidhi to task. One can recall that Jaya swore to jail Karuna Nidhi and put him in the same room in which she took rest.

Jayalalitha’s moves are very much exhibitive of her decision and vow.

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