As I had posted in one post earlier, the governance of 2006-11 under Karuna was the worst in the history of TN. Karuna's children and grandchildren ran the show. They owned everything from cement, sand, steel rods , had stake in everything. Azhagiri, whose base is madurai and deep south, didnt allow a single land purchase above 10lakh without commission to him.
All film producers were arm twisted to give distribution rights to companies owned by Karuna's grandson. It was anarchy.
Jaya came, and put a pull stop to all of this. And I must say, this time, her governance was so so really good, better administration was visible. No law and order problems, good social schemes etc .
If you ask me I would say, right verdict, wrong time. She was a staunchly nationalist, and she was the one who hunted LTTE cadres in early 1990's, and even during the height to tamil nationalism in 2011's, due to SL problems, she put to jail the people who spoke against India. I would say, if not for Modi, she was the best choice of PM. A sensible person, a bit like Mao, who brushes aside criticism.