Jaya targets all 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 elections

Asks party cadres to work for welfare of people, secure a place in their hearts and convert them into votes

PTI | February 20, 2013



Reflecting yet again her ambition for a larger role in national politics, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked party cadres to work for securing all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections.

"Instead of celebrating my birthday in a grand manner, work for the welfare of the people, secure a place in their hearts and convert them into votes," Jayalalithaa, who will turn 65 on February 24, said in a message to party cadres,

She said securing all 40 Lok Sabha seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry) would only give her happiness and told the party workers to "start working towards that goal from today itself".

AIADMK has said that it will go alone in the general elections in a clear signal that it is keeping its options open on political alignment and government formation.

Jayalalithaa said she had been working towards making Tamil Nadu the number one state, securing the state's rights, protecting the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils and taking steps to prevent attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen, allegedly by Lankan naval personnel.

She also asked her partymen to help people and avoid celebrating her birthday.

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