Twitterati were clearly divided while reacting to the Karnataka High Court's acquittal of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets case.
Tweets started pouring in associating Ms. Jayalalithaa's acquittal with Mothers' Day celebrations. The AIADMK supremo is popularly known as 'Amma' in the state.
"It's Happy Mother's Day for Tamil Nadu today" said several tweets.
Mother's Day celebrations continue. Amma acquitted. >#JayaVerdict
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) >May 11, 2015
Lok Satta leader Jayaprakash Narayan was critical about the verdict.
Acquittal of Jayalalitha in DA case & public rejoicing show the complexity of rooting out corruption & the personalized, feudal politics.1/8
— Jayaprakash Narayan (@JP_LOKSATTA) >May 11, 2015
Rahul Jha, A BJP member, tweeted:
Judiciary nowadays is neither a catchdog nor a watchdog >#JayaVerdict . Happy Diwali Tamil Nadu..
— Rahul Jha (@JhaRahul_Bihar) >May 11, 2015
There were reference to her governance and populist schemes
>#JayaVerdict : Now >#Jayalalithaa Doing Very Great Work By >#AmmaUnavagam In >#TamilNadu For >#Indian>#People .So >#HC Need To Count It On >#Verdict
— Bhupesh Kumar Mandal (@bhupeshmandal) >May 11, 2015
Here is another person happy with the victory:
>#AmmaReturns MOM is just a reflection of WOW. Welcome back Amma . Its a WOW moment all over TN
— Narayanan (@snandhu) >May 11, 2015