She was upset with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and tried to join hands with the rivals.
One leader, however, was always in her good books — Biju Janata Dal chief and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
“She treated Naveen as her younger brother because Biju Patnaik, Naveen’s father, always treated Jayalalithaa as his sister,” said Bhartruhari Mahtab, BJD’s floor leader in Lok Sabha.
So much so that in 2012, Jayalalithaa and Patnaik were the first to propose PA Sangma’s name as a candidate for President. Later, the two leaders found support from BJP and some other parties for their candidate even as Sangma’s own party, NCP, decided to vote against him.
