April 6, 2011 11:05 AM

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National leaders add spice to campaign in Puducherry

In Puducherry, the arrival of National leaders has added spice to the campaigning for the polls scheduled for the 13th of this month. Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi at a rally last evening said, the Congress-led government in Union territory had implemented social economic welfare schemes which were worth emulation by other states. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is to address a rally in Puducherry tomorrow. BJP leaders Mr Nitin Gadkari and Mrs Sushma Swaraj are expected to canvass support for the BJP which is contesting independently in 18 out of 30 seats. The Ruling congress which is contesting 17 seats has the DMK, PMK and VCK as partners while the opposition NR congress leads a front which has the AIADMK, DMDK and the left parties. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has so far registered 94 cases of violations of the model code of conduct. The distribution of booth slips to voters has begun and will continue till Friday. The Commission has made it clear that voters only with photo identity cards will be allowed to exercise their votes, as the union territory has achieved 100 per cent coverage in EPIC.

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