J. Jayalalithaa

Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 - 5 December 2016) is the former Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is also known as Amma And Puratchi Thalaivi in Tamil Nadu.

J. Jayalalithaa in 2015

Quotes

• "MGR has been a great influence in my life, I don’t deny that. But now I am my own person. I have evolved. Hereafter, I am responsible only for myself. Never again will anybody influence me to such an extent that all my thoughts and actions and statements are influenced and made in a particular way just because someone else wants it that way."
  • In an interview to Saavy magazine. The Life And Times Of Jayalalitha Ajith Pillai, A.S. Panneerselvan, 04 May 1998.

• "It is very strange and saddening to see that when such acts are perpetrated against the minorities, all political leaders rush to issue statements of condemnation. But when persons belonging to the majority are subjected to similar perpetration of heinous crimes, not a single political leader has so far issued a statement condemning this barbaric crime. Such acts of senseless violence should be condemned no matter who is responsible for them and no matter who the victims are. It is not as though a crime is a crime only if it is committed against the minorities and not so if it is committed against the majority community. This should be viewed as a crime committed against humanity...remind all the political leaders in India that it is not only the minorities who enjoy rights under the Constitution. The majority have rights too."
  • On Godhra train burning, It's a crime against humanity: Jayalalithaa, 01 March 2002.