Amma does a reality check…
The good news for AIADMK chief Jayalalitha is that there virtually was a stampede at her party headquarters, with about 25,000 making a beeline there, when the “Puratchi Thalaivi” went to meet her cadres after a long gap. It means voters are still looking to her to provide an alternative to DMK rule and are willing to forgive her penchant for shutting herself in an ivory tower and thinking a statement a day criticising CM Karunanidhi is all she needs to do as opposition leader, and high tailing it to her hill retreat in Kodanadu for months on end while her party went down the chute.