Amma scoring Eelam point

Political observers see Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's offer of remission to those convicted for plotting the murder of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 as a political masterstroke. Personal predilections apart, Jayalalithaa is playing Dravidian politics to the hilt, appealing to the Tamil sentiment, tugging at the heartstrings of those lamenting the loss of lives during the civil war in Sri Lanka and consolidating her political position by acting more Dravidian than prime opponent DMK.

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