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Bid goodbye to traditional parties: Dr. JP

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan admitted as many as 150 people from different areas of the city in the party today by saying that “the number of people thirsting for a change in the corrupt political culture has been growing day by day”.

Addressing them, Dr. JP said it was time the people bade goodbye to traditional parties, which have landed the country in a sorry mess. That a million youngsters applied for 850 odd Group IV posts in Andhra Pradesh mirrors the terrible unemployment problem.

Dr. JP pointed out that the window of opportunity for reversing the state of affairs in the country was gradually shutting. The people should act without losing further time as it involved their future. Pointing out that the silence of good people is more harmful than the deeds of evil people. Dr. JP called upon all people who detested politics of money and liquor to utilize the Lok Satta platform and join in the historic movement to change the course of politics.

Mr. Muralidhar, Mr. Sudhakar and others said that they had joined the Lok Satta believing that it alone could take the country forward. Party Secretary Bhaskara Rao and membership Coordinator D. Ananda Reddy were among those who took part in the function at the party headquarters.

Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 17:45

Beware of false leaders, warns Lok Satta

The Lok Satta Party today cautioned people to beware of leaders who are trying to come to power by making hypocritical promises, indulging in personal invective and spending tons of black money.

Talking to the media, party spokesperson S. Manorama and Mahila Lok Satta State Coordinator Saroja Devi referred to former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s promise to shut belt shops, the unprintable vituperations indulged in by State women leaders of the Telugu Desam and Praja Rayam Parties, and CMS estimate of the money to be spent by contestants on buying votes in the coming elections.

They said that Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, the architect of the belt shop culture, was trying to take the women for a ride by promising to shut them down even as he winks at belt shops run by his own party people now and refuses to commit himself against deploying liquor to seduce voters. The top women leaders of the Praja Rajyam and the Telugu Desam have demonstrated what sort of standards people can expect if women and men of their ilk were to be elected.

On the CMS study, the Lok Satta leaders said its estimate unveiled only the tip of the iceberg of black money parties are going to spend in the ensuing elections. It will be in the range of Rs.15000 crore – Rs.20,000 crore all over the country and not Rs.8,000 crore. Should people part with their precious vote for a paltry Rs.500 or Rs.1000 and enable a legislator in a State like Andhra Pradesh to lord over the Rs.2,35,000 to be spent by the Government on each voter in the coming five years?

The Lok Satta leaders appealed to people to exercise their franchise wisely since the elections concerned their future and not the fortunes of politicians or their parties.

Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 16:55

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