Wasn't she corrupt? I mean if you consider a corrupt person as your only hope then there is seriously lot wrong with the mindset of people and politicians of the state/country.. Due to corrupt people like her poor people and senior citizens are dying standing in bank lines..
Anyways god will be the true judge of her deeds now..
Of course I agree DMK after 2G everyone in India knew is one of the most corrupt parties no doubt.. But that doesn't hide AIADMK'a corruption nor does it justify that in any case right? Are you from TN also? What are your view on her corruption? Is it that since she was the lesser of the two evils people revere her?
I mean in our part we have SP and BSP both are corrupt but I would never revere either of them but seeing the public reaction after death of someone who has looted thousands of crores of your and mine money and is indirectly responsible for many death due to poverty and recently due to demonetisation it just baffles me.. How stupid and easily fooled can humans be?
Or is it that people of TN believe all corruption cases against her were fabricated and she was not corrupt?
Exactly it's baffling to me.. That's why I wanna hear someone from TN POV.. [MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION] [MENTION=139664]street cricketer[/MENTION] [MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION] [MENTION=137677]Thivagar[/MENTION] @trodoon
Let's look at various things one by one.
I mean if you consider a corrupt person as your only hope then there is seriously lot wrong with the mindset of people and politicians of the state/country
First of all, she did do corruption for her gain. That's true. So let's get that out of the way.
Now corruption is not something that few do in politics. Every single political party is corrupt in India. Every single one of them does it (maybe AAP does not cos they collect donations but even they could be doing it).
You CANNOT run a political party in India without the extra funds to manage your cadres. National parties make their money in big dealings while regional parties have to do it in a more ugly way but everyone does it. Even the non-corrupt leaders in a political party do corruption for the sake of bringing in funds to run the party of they turn a blind eye to those who do it and let them do the dirty work for the party. Of course, there are also cases where they turn blind eye to not mess the dynamics of power equilibrium.
When my Dad was heading a company that was doing business with govt, he saw a lot of stuff. He has had to sometimes "deal" with politicians whose names would be easily recognizable if I had to mention them here. Corruption was rampant (still is). Once an iconic politician of a national party wanted to get into manufacturing materials that army mens wear (it was not even the area of focus of the company my Dad was heading) and the goal was to make slightly inferior materials and profit from them.
Yes, you read that right. Its a bizarre story. My dad was very very uncomfortable (but the owner wanted to go ahead)...thankfully the deal went down. I don't want to go into more details. This is the level. This doesn't mean the other national party is a saint. Is khel me SAB NALAYAK hain.
Corruption happens everywhere.
But people are sympathetic if you don't steal from the poor or you don't do corruption to increase your wealth. Jayalalitha did some corruption to increase her wealth. She got arrogant, it was a mistake but she made up for that BIG TIME by being a great CM in her later tenures.
Due to corrupt people like her poor people and senior citizens are dying standing in bank lines..
So the centre will make an announcement about a complex issue like demonetization (which has its pros and cons) and the blame for any screw ups that happen at the ground level lies on the state government's shoulders?
Take any issue in India and do a tally of how many people die in EACH state due to it every single month. You will find that deaths happen all the time and those which get highlighted are the ones which are connected with issues that everyone is discussing about now.
Sure, negligence could be a problem but not sure if it is that case here. Banks can only process things at the speed they do. ATMs can only give out money that's in them. Its not like central govt gave everything to state government and there is a bottle neck there. Also old people standing in queues is no way state government's fault.
Moreover even if some screw up had happened, Jaya was literally unconscious when all of this happened. So I don't see a point as to how she can be blamed. Nobody rates others from AIADMK much.
I mean in our part we have SP and BSP both are corrupt but I would never revere either of them but seeing the public reaction after death of someone who has looted thousands of crores of your and mine money
That's a bit of a naive perspective brother.
First of all, AIADMK is no way similar to SP and BSP. Look at any of Jaya's interviews and you will get an idea of how clear cut and analytical female she is (she has her issues no doubt but she really knows the game).
Second of all, TN is one of the top states in India in GDP and social indicators. Jaya can be criticized for not developing industries as much she should but in social indicators, she has been a gun (leaving aside the freebie thingy which unfortunately Karunanidhi started and she had to join in).
DMK looted lands from people. AIADMK gave it back to those people (due to Jaya). Go to southern TN and you will see how much support Jaya has. As I mentioned before, people are eternally grateful for what she did.
Amma's canteen can be criticized but it has been a HUGE HUGE boon for those who want meals at a cheap cost.
Recently there was floods here which could have been managed better. But once the water had receded, a lot of activity took place and the govt got into solving the whole mess. Roads and everything were laid out pretty fast.
Law and order is not a problem here like in UP. In DMK rule, goondas used to have much more freedom and people used to fear them (not like everyone in state was in fear but people did talk about that). Even then law and order situation was not as bad as UP. But under Jaya, you actually feel safe.
On top of everything, Jaya doesn't have to play communal politics to win elections. Sure, caste politics will remain but she is one leader who gets support across various castes and religions.
I may be looking a bit too much into the media coverage about her death but I get a feeling that beneath the obligatory talks one gives when someone dies....there is a heavy heavy positive undertone here.
And in my opinion, she fully deserves it.
A female like her never wanted to join movies or politics. She just wanted to become a lawyer. Her mom pushed her into movies and MGR got her into politics and she excelled in both. For a female to rise up the ranks to successfully lead a Dravidian party (that was built on anti caste and Brahmin hate) by getting widespread support from people ALL over TN is an amazing achievement.
Nobody cares even if she got convicted of some corruption during her 1991 rule. They would still vote for her and her only.
In my opinion, she was a legendary politician.
TN will miss her a lot. Even more so, when you look at what nonsense there is in front of us now.
RIP our Amma. You were a true gun (inspite of your flaws).
) ,although its surprising how he manages to speak on issues even at that age.
. Thalaiva to the rescue!
luckily Marathi people aren't stereotyped.
