New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will be arriving on Monday on a two-day politically significant visit with both Congress and DMK, not on the best of terms, keenly watching her signals.
On a day when the Supreme Court will take up DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail plea, the DMK's arch rival Jayalalithaa will make her first visit to the capital, since her appointment as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
She is expected to meet the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of Lankan tamils amongst others. She will also be meeting Left leaders on Monday evening. It's unclear if Jayalalitha's itinerary will include a stop at 10 Janpath.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had congratulated Jaya on her win and invited her to tea. The two-day visit is politically significiant because of the reported strain in the seven-year-old Congress DMK alliance following the Tamil Nadu poll debacle.
Jayalalithaa will be taking a special flight from Chennai at 12:45 PM and will arrive at Delhi airport 3:15 PM.
Jayalalithaa has been avoiding questions on her possible meeting with Gandhi during her interactions with the media after assuming office.
Long before the elections, Jayalalithaa had offered her support to the Congress-led coalition at the Centre if it dumped the DMK.
The issue of Indian fishermen being allegedly attacked by Lankan Navy when they cross into its waters inadvertently is also expected to be discussed during with her meeting with Singh on Tuesday.Jayalalithaa had also shot off a letter to Singh last week on the fishermen attack issue.
Within weeks of coming into power, the Jayalalithaa government had passed an unanimous resolution in the Assembly seeking imposition of economic sanctions on Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations during the war against LTTE.
The Centre also sent National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon to meet her in Chennai before he left for Colombo along with Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to hold talks with Lankan authorities.
After taking over, Jayalalithaa had said the financial position of the state was "very bad" and she would need Centre's assistance to implement several projects and schemes.
(With additional information from PTI)
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