750 pairs of footwear
28 kilogrammes of gold
Several vehicles, houses, farmyards, tea plantations .... Jayalalitha's assets!
The strongest political leader Jayalalitha Jayaram who came into power for the third time in the Tamil Nadu Province not being able to prove accumulation of her assets of 66 crores was subjected to a four-year jail sentence. Among the assets are farmyards, houses, petrol sheds, tea
plantations, gold jewellery as well as over thousands of sarees, a large number of footwear and valuable wrist-watches.
The point that raised suspicion in this respect is the fact that she had acquired a sum of Indian Rs. 3 crores at the time she accepted the position of Chief Minister for the first time in 1991 while it is incredible to understand how she earned a sum of over 61 crores after 5 years.
Hr enormous assets which she had amassed through corruption has been documented after a special investigation conducted by the courts. That list is as follows:
* Silver -- 800 kilogrammes
* Gold -- 28 kilogrammes
* Pairs of shoes -- 750
* Sarees -- 10,500
* Valuable watches -- 91
* The farmyard in Chennai and several houses
* An agricultural cultivation land in Tamil Nadu
* A farmyard in Hyderabad
* A tea plantation in Nilgiri
* A network of filling-stations
* Super-luxury vehicles
* Large cash investments and bank deposits
It was her Opposition political counterpart Subramaniam Swami who had made allegations to the Bribery Commission in that country in 1997 about Jayalalitha's financial funds. Political influence has been the cause for this legal case to be dragged on for 17 years while much effort had been taken to suppress the case as her powers of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
It was in this manner that the case was transferred away from the province to the Bangalore courts of Karnataka Province. By that time, the case was being heard without a verdict for a period of 6 years.
Subsequently however, apparently a number of judges had changed in the process and when the final verdict was given yesterday (27), it was a case that had been heard for a period of 17 years. This corrupted political leader who should have been expelled in 1997 itself .... it was a special feature to note had assumed power twice after that.
What Jayalalitha's lawyer said was that though an Appeal would be forwarded against the judgement of her 4 year jail sentence, it was somewhat doubtful. According to Indian Law she is not permitted to come into Politics after being released after 4 years even after that freedom .... she still has to wait another 6 years after that too.
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