Jayalalitha said that time and again there have been assurances from Delhi to implement her demands, but this time since the situation is different it has to be seen whether the demands will be met or not.

The AIADMK has been demanding protection for the 69 per cent reservation on lines of Tamil Nadu, 33 per cent reservation for women in the state legislatures, feasibility of declaring all languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as official languages of Indian Union and budgetallocation for the completion of Sethusamudram canal project.

She said that during her visit to Delhi, the prime minister has assured her that most of these demands will come up for discussion in the remaining part of the budget session.

On the Bhagwat issue, Jayalalitha said that she was deeply distressed at the manner in which the ex-admiral was summarily removed from office and insisted that he should either be reinstated or Defence Minister George Fernandes should be shifted to another ministry.

Jayalalitha said that the Bhagwat case involved several serious allegations not only of corruption but some of which also bear effect on national security and therefore was of the opinion that the defence minister's actions regarding the same have proved to be a major embarrassment for the government.

``If Fernandes says he has not done anything wrong then there should be no objection from his side to constitute the JPC,'' she opined. ``It was a big struggle to get the government to debate the issue inParliament in the first place and now with continuous disturbances, pandemoniums and bedlam in the House it is no point in dragging the controversy further and hence the suggestion of reinstatement or change in ministry.

Jayalalitha brushed aside allegations that the controversy was raked up to get political mileage. ``Vajpayee has publicly denied making any such changes. But in our private meeting he neither denied nor agreed,'' she said while answering one query.