Did not violate model code, just made general statement: Jaya
December 03, 2013  12:39
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today denied having violated the model code by announcing new schemes in campaigning for AIADMK for the Yercaud bypoll and said she had only made a general statement that government would provide whatever is required for welfare of people.

"I made a general statement that whatever is required for the uplift of the people in the area would be provided. It would not be correct to link the unrelated general statement with the requirements which were brought to my notice," she said in her reply to Chief Election Commission's notice.

The Election Commission of India had yesterday issued a notice to the Chief Minister seeking her response before 5 pm today, on a complaint alleging that she made announcements for new schemes by the state government, while campaigning for her party candidate on November 28 in Yercaud, where bypolls will be held tomorrow.
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