Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday exuded confidence that her party would retain power in the ensuing Assembly elections.
Invoking the legacy of party founder and former Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran, ahead of his 99th birth anniversary falling on Sunday, Jayalalithaa in a communiqué to party functionaries asked them to start election works immediately.
“AIADMK should secure a massive win in the coming polls and victory should be the one not witnessed in earlier Tamil Nadu polls and such a historical win will add to the fame of Puratchi Thalaivar MGR,” she said. She expressed confidence that performance of the AIADMK government would ensure that the party stays in power.
Recalling that how MGR introduced her to politics, she said she had been following in his footsteps of public service even as she took a dig at her arch rival, DMK and its president M. Karunanidhi.
“There is a political family in the state which is concerned only about them and the family always wants to be in power.”
Without naming Karunanidhi or DMK, she said, “People of Tamil Nadu will not forgive them for corruption and the family rule. People are ready to reward us once again with victory and time has come for you (party workers) to work towards accepting the public reward. You should immediately start all poll-related works”, she said noting that the party would be celebrating the founder’s centenary birth anniversary.
A fitting victory in the Assembly polls would enable the AIADMK to continue the good path and principles laid down by late MGR, she said.
