Jayalalithaa begins campaign

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa began the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)'s official Assembly election campaign from her constituency, R K Nagar in Chennai, over the weekend. This week, she will campaign over the state. "Our plan is to schedule a visit by the chief minister to all districts, where voters and candidates would gather from all constituencies," said an AIADMK leader. "She will fly out from Chennai every day and return in the evening. Each trip is planned in such a way that she will be on the ground meeting people for at least five hours a day."