The Janata Dal-Secular on Tuesday charged Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa with violating the model code of conduct by addressing individual letters to beneficiaries of old age pension scheme and said it would complain to the Election Commission about it.
Releasing copies of the letter written by Yeddyurappa to beneficiaries of the "Sandhya Suraksha" scheme, under which the government extends Rs 400 monthly pension to aged people, JDS leader H D Deve Gowda said the party would also
seek action against officials who furnished the addresses of beneficiaries to the chief minister.