DHAKA: Former chief minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa’s arch rival, the 92 year-old DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has predicted that her ‘comeback to power can only be a dream. It would never be fulfilled’.

Karunanidhi took 12 days to react to Jayalalithaa being arrested and jailed, reports NDTV.

He ended his silence at a party meeting held at the DMK headquarters in Chennai to take stock of the law and order situation in the state after the former Tamil Nadu chief minister was denied bail by the Karnataka High Court this week.

‘Jayalalithaa trapped herself in the net. She created a situation as if there’s none to question her. Today, Jayalalithaa reads her own fall as a lesson. Unknowingly, Jayalalithaa has helped us in lifting the Dravidian movement,’ the DMK chief said.

On September 27, Jayalalithaa became the first sitting chief minister to be sent to jail after a special court in Bangalore found her guilty in the Rs. 66 crore disproportionate assets case.

She is accused of using her first term as chief minister from 1991 to 1996 to accumulate vast wealth.
 
Jayalalithaa has alleged political vendetta by the DMK, which pursued the case against her that led to her imprisonment.

BDST: 1653 HRS, OCT 09, 2014