I live for people's welfare: Jayalalitha

By M. Balaganessin

CUDDALORE, MAY 2. The AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalitha, today said she had dedicated her life to the promotion of people's welfare. She was addressing an election meeting in Bhuvanagiri in Cuddalore district, one of the four constituencies where her nomination papers were rejected.

Ms. Jayalalitha was accorded a reception by a large gathering of voters, especially women, who had waited for more than four hours.

(Bhuvanagiri has become a seat of prestige for the AIADMK, because the party's official candidate, Mr. Karunanidhi's papers were also rejected on the ground that the candidate had failed to submit Forms A and B issued by the party authorising the candidature. Consequently, the party was forced to support an Independent, Mr. P. S. Arul, an AIADMK sympathiser.)

``I live for you and for your welfare'', she said, listing what she called the ``corrupt practices of the DMK Government''.

The Chief Minister, Mr. Karunanidhi, had warned the four Returning Officers of `dire consequences', if they accepted her nomination papers, she said. She tried to contest the four seats of Krishnagiri, Andipatti, Bhuvanagiri and Pudukottai to prove that false cases had been foisted on her and to reveal the misuse of power by the ruling party. He forced the Returning Officers to reject her papers. But he forgot the fact that people were the real judges in a democracy, she remarked.

Ms. Jayalalitha said ``I have been a major hurdle in Mr.Karunanidhi's resolution to make Mr. Stalin Chief Minister''.

In keeping with the agricultural background of the district, she said that the DMK rule had dashed the farmers' hopes. ``It is the people, who can put an end to the DMK rule'', she said.

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