In 1989 , Vyjayanthimala again had to face the 1989 Tamil Nadu general election , this time she was opposed by Aladi Aruna of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam . She again beat her opposition by nearly 12584 votes . Later in 1993 , she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Parliament of India for a six-year term . In 1999 , she resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party . In her letter to the party 's president Sonia Gandhi , she included the reason for her resignation where she said that : " painfully watching the party drifting from its avowed principles after the death of Rajiv Gandhi , the party has lost touch with its grassroots and one can see day in and day out that sincere party workers are being steadily ignored . " she adds more ; " increasingly difficult to justify ourselves to the public and my conscience does not allow me to stay in the party any longer " . Later , she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 6 September 1999
death
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Vyjayanthimala Bali