Advani, the Queen Maker.

This was before 2014.

Chennai, April 13, 2014

BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi met with Tamil superstar Rajinikanth at his residence in Chennai setting off speculations, but the actor termed it as a courtesy call and said no political significance should be attached to it. (PTI)
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On a day the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, began his party’s campaign in Chennai for the Lok Sabha polls, the AIADMK general secretary, Jayalalithaa, in her first explicit attack on the saffron party, lashed out at it for repeatedly betraying Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery waters issue.

 Breaking her silence over the BJP, Ms. Jayalalithaa said in Karur that the BJP could never hope to win a single seat in the Karnataka Assembly election if it ever supported releasing Tamil Nadu’s due share of Cauvery water. In Karnataka, the Congress and the BJP had equal chances of coming to power and alternate in the chair, but both parties stood no chance to govern Tamil Nadu, she said.
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That was the soft and gentle attack on BJP policy on Kaveri. Nothing against Narendra Modi.

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NEW DELHI, April 16, 2014 

I have excellent personal relations with Jayalalitha: Modi

 Confident that the people will vote for the BJP, its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he did not believe in "untouchability" in politics and shared excellent personal relations with political leaders, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Asked about Ms. Jayalalithaa's criticism of him when he was in Chennai last Sunday, Mr. Modi said: "We may criticise our political opponents, but at a personal level I share excellent relations with them."

He even talked about his personal equation with Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, who is a political opponent.

"We may differ in ideology but I share excellent personal relations with all of them, including Ms. Jayalalithaa. This is the beauty of our democracy," he said in a freewheeling interview with ANI television network. 

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 Krishnagiri/Dharmapuri/Tiruchi, 

April 17, 2014

Jayalalithaa terms Gujarat model a myth

She says Tamil Nadu is ahead of Gujarat in various indicators including social indices and industry

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, leading the campaign of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the April 24 Lok Sabha election in the State, intensified her attack on the BJP and specifically targeted its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, on Thursday. 

Days after openly criticising Mr. Modi, the AIADMK leader, campaigning in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri, yet again said the BJP and the Congress had “betrayed” Tamil Nadu in getting its due share of Cauvery waters from Karnataka.

After slamming the previous DMK regime for the “tardy” implementation of the Rs. 1,892-crore Hogenakkal water scheme for Dharmapuri, Ms. Jayalalithaa said the former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee only spoke of “interlinking major rivers,” but did not implement the plan.

She asked Mr. Modi if he would allocate Rs. 6,500 crore to link rivers in Tamil Nadu if he were to become Prime Minister. She wanted to know if the BJP would guarantee uninterrupted release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. 

Despite Gujarat’s claims of being in the forefront in many fields, Tamil Nadu was way ahead of it in industrial investments, poverty alleviation and reducing infant and maternal mortality, Ms. Jayalalithaa said taking another jibe at Mr. Modi.

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April 21, 2014. Vellore. Tamil Nadu

Advani refused to go to Karnataka; just went to Kerala.
But, Advani made it a point to visit Tamilnadu.
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Vellore (Tamil Nadu), April 21: Senior BJP leader L.K.Advani Monday said his party-led NDA has altered the election battle scene in Tamil Nadu. Addressing an election rally in this Tamil Nadu town around 140 km from Chennai, he said the people are seeing the BJP-led alliance as a major combatant in the state where traditionally it rivals were AIADMK or the DMK. 

Advani expressed his happiness at the change of situation in Tamil Nadu while appreciating the performance of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as Gujarat's chief minister. He also appreciated Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauvan for his performance. 

Earlier answering reporters in Chennai, Advani said when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was in power at the centre it had formed a committee to look into the issues of inter-linking rivers.

Read more at: http://news.oneindia.in/india/nda-now-major-player-tamil-nadu-advani-1434062.html

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‘The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat’

Chennai, April 21, 2014

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wound up her 51-day campaign in the Chennai saying, “The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat in governance”

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Monday wound up her 51-day campaign across 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during which she exhorted the people to vote for her party in the April 24, 2014 polls and make it part of the next government at the Centre.

Ending her campaign in the city on the eve of deadline for electioneering, she signed off by claiming, “The lady in Tamil Nadu is better than Modi in Gujarat in governance.”

Reeling out data on various parameters to buttress her stand that Tamil Nadu was ahead of Gujarat, she asked the electorate who was the better administrator, 

“Gujarat’s Modiyaa or 

Tamil Nadu’s intha ladyaa 

(Gujarat’s Modi or this lady)?” 

to a thunderous applause and asserted it was she who gave the best governance. 

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It's only after Lal Kishan Advan's visit, Jayalalitha challenged Modi directly.

So, Lal Kishan Advani 

gave his blessings to Jayalalitha.

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After voting, Jayalalitha said:

I reserve all my comments till the results are declared.

So, with BJP support, Jayalalitha would become the next Prime Minister of India.

Advani was the King Maker of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Now, Advani is the Queen Maker in 2014.