She faced intense and protracted struggle to eventually head the AIADMK.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, convicted on Saturday by a Bangalore special court in a disproportionate assets case, had fought more than a dozen cases and was acquitted in most of them.
Assuming office for the sixth time as chief minister, Jayalalithaa began a new chapter in her chequered political career.
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