Interesting facts about Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM

Jayalalithaa succeeded in created her own coterie in AIADMK and Janaki lost the vote of no-confidence motion brought against her by Jayalalithaa's supporters. Jayalalithaa was now the political heir of MGR.

In 1991, Jayalalithaa swept the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and became the CM. With the ascendance of Jayalaithaa, Sasikala became powerful too. In fact, she became more powerful than jayalalithaa, so much so that the ministers started taking orders directly from her.

It was said that Jayalalithaa was always surrounded by family members of Sasikala referred to as ‘Mannargudi Mafia' by the maverick Subramaniyan swamy. The epithet related to ‘Mannargudi', the place where Sasikala was born.

It is said that when Sasikala had first moved in with Jayalalithaa  in 1989, she had brought 40 servants from Mannargudi to Poes Garden to run Jayalalithaa's house. All maids, cooks, securitymen, drivers and messengers at Poes Garden were hired from Sasikala's hometown.