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Dr. JP’s campaign on April 16

Loksatta Party’s national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, who is contesting for the Lok Sabha from Malkajgiri, will undertake a padayatra-cum-road show in Ramanthapur from 8-00 a.m. to 12-00 noon on Wednesday, April 16. He will set off from Shivaji statue and touch Srinivasapuram, Viveknagar, RTC Colony and Habsiguda Chowrastha.

He will interact with Greater Alwal Allied Services Association office-bearers at the Loksatta Party office, Prashanth Nagar Colony, from 4-30 p.m. to 5-30 p.m.

He will undertake a road show from 5-30 p.m. to 9-00 p.m. beginning at Indira Gandhi statue in Alwal and covering areas like Wednesday market, Vaishnavimata temple and Venkatapuram.

State Loksatta Party President Katari Srinivasa Rao, who is contesting for the Assembly from Kukatpally, will undertake a padayatra from 8-00 a.m. to 12-00 noon on Wednesday, April 16, in Moosapet. Starting from Moosapet chowrastha, he will over Anjaneyanagar, Kaitlapur, Powernagar and Habibnagar.

He will undertake a road show from 5-00 p.m. in Kukatpally division. Starting from Ramalayam arch, he will cover Raju Colony, Dasarinagar, Venkatapuram Colony, Santhinagar and Sangitnagar.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 18:12

YSRCP charges baseless: Loksatta

The Loksatta Party today refuted the charge that it has colluded with the TDP in criticising the YSRCP election manifesto.

Responding to YSRCP leader Gattu Ramachandra Rao’s charge, State Loksatta Party President Katari Srinivasa Rao in a media statement pointed out that the Loksatta has taken exception to irresponsible and wild promises being made not merely by the YSRCP but also by the TDP and TRS.

Even as he Loksatta is fighting for ways and means to meet the revenue deficits the two emerging States are about to face, some parties are seeking to aggravate the crisis by making reckless promises like loan waivers. The Loksatta has criticised the YSRCP for its costly promises including payment of money for enrolment of children in schools when the problem of the day is quality of education and not enrolment. The move amounts to bribing voters. It has taken exception to the YSRCP proposal to make judges part of administration in total violation of the Constitution. Loksatta party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan merely drew attention to the irresponsible promises in the YSRCP manifesto but never said he did not understand it.

Instead of taking Loksatta’s criticism in the right spirit and correcting its course, the YSRCP has exposed its bankrupt thinking by indulging in counter-attacks, Katari said.

In reply to the charge that the Loksatta has never sought a probe into charges of corruption against TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu, Katari recalled that the Loksatta on October 16, 2007 had sought constitution of a special court to go into corruption allegations exchanged by the then Chief Minister Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Mr. Chandrababu Naidu in the Assembly. Dr. JP reiterated the demand on April 1, 2008 when the Assembly discussed corruption among elected representatives. In fact, he drafted a Bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act providing for swift and sure punishment including confiscation of properties of the corrupt and circulated it among Government and Opposition leaders on June 10, 2009. But all the parties shied away from following it up.

Katari said that the Loksatta in its 18-year history as a movement and party has had the distinction of working openly with all parties and forces interested in cleansing politics, unlike the YSRCP which enters into secret nocturnal deals. He asked the YSRCP to respond to criticism on policy issues with dignity and decorum and not indulge in cheap counter attacks.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 17:37

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