J. Jayalalithaa: Difference between revisions

In 1991, following the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|assassination]] of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] days before the elections, her alliance with the [[Indian National Congress]] enabled her to ride the wave of sympathy that gave the coalition victory.<ref>[[#Das|Das 2005]], p. 45</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">[[#Ramaswamy|Ramaswamy 2007]], p. xxxiv</ref> The AIADMK alliance with the Congress won 225 out of the 234 seats contested and won all 39 constituencies in the centre.<ref name="profile"/> Re-elected to the assembly, she became the state's youngest chief minister, and the first woman to serve a full term, serving from 24 June 1991 to 12 May 1996.<ref name="profile"/><ref name="CMlist"/> In 1992, her government introduced the "Cradle Baby Scheme". At that time the ratio of male to female in some parts of Tamil Nadu was skewed by the practice of [[female infanticide]] and the abortion of female foetuses. The government established centres in some areas, these being equipped to receive and place into adoption unwanted female babies. The scheme was extended in 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=728743 |title=TN: Cradle Baby Scheme In Districts With Low Sex Ratio |date=24 July 2011 |magazine=Outlook India |location=Chennai |agency=PTI |access-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225093403/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=728743 |archive-date=25 December 2013 }}</ref> Her party had 226 elected members to the assembly. Her government was the first to introduce police stations operated solely by women. She introduced 30% quota for women in all police jobs and established as many as 57 all-women police stations. There were other all-women establishments like libraries, stores, banks and co-operative elections.<ref>[[#Vanitha|Vanitha 2007]], p. 158</ref> She began to be referred as Thanga Gopuram'','' ''Thanga Silai'' and ''Thanga Tharagai'' ('Golden Maiden') by her followers.<ref>{{cite web|author=Anwesha Madhukalya|title=10 Videos Of Jayalalithaa's Dance Performances That Explain Why She Was Called The 'golden Maiden'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/06/10-videos-of-jayalalithaas-dance-performances-that-explain-why/|access-date=8 December 2016|publisher=Huffingtonpost.in}}</ref>