Jayalalithaa Graft Case

A record turnout of voters marked the bypoll to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, from where Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is seeking re-election after her acquittal in a graft case, while high voting was recorded in five other assembly bypolls spread across as many states.

On her second day back in office as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa received a warning from a political rival. The DMK said it plans to appeal in the Supreme Court against her recent acquittal in a corruption case, which paved the way for her fifth stint as head of the Tamil Nadu government.

Jayalalithaa may have returned as Tamil Nadu chief minister, but her controversial acquittal has raised questions over whether behind-the-scenes political manouvering, across party lines, came in the way of a fair legal process.

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa today once again appealed to her supporters not to take extreme steps in the wake of her sentencing in a graft case, reassuring them that she will come out of "all the challenges" with divine help.

A record turnout of voters marked the bypoll to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, from where Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is seeking re-election after her acquittal in a graft case, while high voting was recorded in five other assembly bypolls spread across as many states.

On her second day back in office as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa received a warning from a political rival. The DMK said it plans to appeal in the Supreme Court against her recent acquittal in a corruption case, which paved the way for her fifth stint as head of the Tamil Nadu government.

Jayalalithaa may have returned as Tamil Nadu chief minister, but her controversial acquittal has raised questions over whether behind-the-scenes political manouvering, across party lines, came in the way of a fair legal process.

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa today once again appealed to her supporters not to take extreme steps in the wake of her sentencing in a graft case, reassuring them that she will come out of "all the challenges" with divine help.