Chennai: It is judgement day for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as a Bangalore court on Saturday will deliver its verdict in the disproportionate assets case against the AIADMK chief.
Jayalalithaa would be forced to step down as the CM if the court convicts her in the 18-year-old corruption case and sentences her to more than two years in jail. She would also be disqualified as an MLA and barred from contesting elections for six years after the end of her jail term.
While tight security is in place outside the Bangalore court ahead of the verdict, Tamil Nadu too have been put on high alert keeping a close watch on the situation that was likely to emerge in the aftermath of the court delivering the verdict.
The Tamil Nadu CM and her aide Sasikala, who is also an accused in the case, reached the court amidst very high security. Meanwhile, supporters of AIADMK held protests in Bangalore. Police resorted to lathi-charge on the party workers.
Jayalalithaa has been charged with accumulating Rs 66 crore wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income from 1991-96 in her first term as Chief Minister in the case that has seen many political and legal twists and turns.
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