Jaya gets into birthday bashing

Minutes after the function got over, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said she wondered what was the 8216;8216;indelible contribution of Maran.8221; She said it was 8216;8216;amazing8221; that he was being hailed as an 8216;8216;economic pundit for the Doha flop show8221;.

She also took strong objection to what she called the 8216;8216;converting of Centre8217;s function to a DMK party function.8217;8217; Questioning the release of the stamp at the DMK headquarters, she said, the Postal department, headed by Dayanidhi Maran, had been used to project his 8216;8216;family image and interest.8221; She said media reports indicated that the Postal department was forced to distribute 8216;8216;unstamped invitations8221; to one lakh DMK card holders for the function.

Taking a dig at Sonia Gandhi, she said, 8216;8216;She had been invited as Karunanidhi, more than anybody else, knows who pulls the strings at the Centre.8217;8217;