Bangalore, Mar 25: Two Karnataka ministers and state's special representative in New Delhi, enjoying a cabinet minister rank, have clarified to the election commission (EC) that they had not violated the model code of conduct. Disclosing this at a press conference party spokesman V R Sudarshan said had replied to the show cause notice by the EC. Food and civil supplies minister Ramalinga Reddy and primary education minister Prof B K Chandrasekhar clarified that they had not announced any new programme or scheme and had only mentioned the existing schemes at a recent press conference.
Stating that he had not said anything on old age pension scheme or pension for widows as claimed, Reddy said ''I had not violated the code of conduct.''
Former chief secretary and special representative in New Delhi BS Patil, in his reply, said he had not made any new announcements.
Bureau Report