Cannot hazard a guess about Cong performance 8212; Jayalalitha

An unusually patient Jayalalitha spent nearly 10 minutes replying to queries raised by mediapersons. She arrived at the booth at 10.35 am, exactly five minutes after Rahukaalam8217;. It was smiles galore for the waiting voters, partymen and a rather large group of excited nuns.

8220;The will of the people will prevail, despite excesses committed by the ruling party,8221; she said, accusing the DMK of indulging in bogus voting 8212; 8220;an art form mastered by it.8221;

8220;My AIADMK partymen do not even know how to cast bogus votes,8221; she stated. She also charged the DMK of deliberately removing names of several regular voters from theelectorate list. 8220;A particular family of 10, who have been voting for years, did not figure in the list this time. Many of those affected are AIADMK supporters,8221; she said, introducing another Poes Garden resident, who initially claimed her name was missing. She, however, did find her name subsequently and exercised her franchise.

8220;During my campaign I met two crore people and covered 6,800 kms. I received very good response which will be reflected in the election results.8221;

Earlier, at about 9.40 am, self-proclaimed conscience of the voters and superstar, Rajnikant, made a maggi8217; style visit to the booth. In just two minutes he had cast his vote, waved to a group of fans and fled away in his white Ambassador.