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Lok Satta refutes YSR CP charge

The Lok Satta Party today strongly refuted the YSR Congress Party charge that the Lok Satta is colluding with the Telugu Desam Party.

In a media statement, Lok Satta Party state Vice President D. V. V. S. Varma said the YSRCP, knowing fully well that the Lok Satta Party planned to contest all the 294 seats, was trying to cheat people by indulging in cheap politics.

Mr. Varma pointed out that it was Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy who had sown the seeds for bifurcation of the State. With an eye on electoral gains, Dr. YSR initially and Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu subsequently were responsible for the present political crisis. The YSR CP is indulging in counter-attack when Lok Satta Party legislator Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan exposed it.

Mr. Varma said that the YSR CP will continue to remain as an accused in people’s eyes however much it might try to cover up its politics of corruption and collusion with the Congress.

Mr. Varma said that while the Lok Satta Party wanted a two-phase discussion on the bifurcation Bill – first on the Bill as a whole and on its clauses later – to facilitate a broad and comprehensive solution, the YSR CP which changed its stance overnight is trying to prevent a discussion. It is indulging in politics of division in the guise of fighting for a united Andhra Pradesh.

Mr. Varma said that the YSR CP is bent upon garnering votes and seats in one region and not in protecting the interests of all Telugu speaking people. If it is interested in Telugu people, it should cooperate in arriving at a comprehensive and amicable solution to the crisis.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 17:18

Lok Satta Party team to meet Arvind Kejriwal on Jan. 11

Lok Satta Party leaders led by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, its national President, will be meeting Aam Aadmi founder and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on January 11 and discuss how they can work together and spread alternative politics all over the country.

Addressing media on the occasion of a large number of Muslim youth joining the Lok Satta Party, Dr. JP said his party had worked for the success of AAP in Delhi. It sent its volunteers and mobilized funds in India and abroad for the AAP campaign. Thanks to the campaign launched by the Lok Satta movement for the last 17 years and the Lok Satta Party for the last 7 years, people who hitherto shunned politics and elections now deem exercising their franchise as a matter of pride. As a result, the unthinkable has happened in Delhi with the people of Delhi reposing faith in AAP and enabling it to form Government.

Promoting clean politics and ridding the country of corruption and dynastic rule is the need of the hour, said Dr. JP and added that all people should join hands in the mission. There are persons of great personal integrity like Manik Sarkar, Mamata Banerjee, Manohar Parikkar and N. Rangaswamy even in traditional parties. All such people should join hands now since Delhi has demonstrated that change can be ushered in a few months and not years or decades.

In reply to a question, Dr. JP said the Lok Satta Party as of now planned to contest all the 294 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.

Dr. JP said that a Government is expected to ensure quality education, livelihood opportunities, safety and security and rule of law. In this connection, he touched upon the arrest of Lok Satta activists including him on the night of January 4 when they planned a siege of Zabbar Travels demanding just compensation to 45 people who were burnt to death in a road accident two months ago. He said that the corrupt Government remained a mute spectator even as 50 people are dying daily in road accidents in the State.

Dr. JP warned Zabbar Travels, the operator and Diwakar Travels, the bus owner, that they would not allow them to run services unless they ensured adequate compensation to the next of kin of the deceased. If they do not respond in the next few days, the Lok Satta will not allow even other private operators to run services although it might inconvenience people during the festive season.

Lok Satta Party State President Katari Srinivasa Rao asked people to boycott Zabbar and Diwakar Travels’ services as the Lok Satta would carry out lightning action against them in the next few days. He exuded confidence that the Lok Satta would assume power in the State because of the winds of change blowing all over.

The Muslim youth who joined the Lok Satta were led by Zilani, Khaja and Mouzam.

Lok Satta Party leaders Ravi Maruth, Dosapati Ramu, Satteyya and Sambi Reddy took part in the media conference.

Sunday, January 5, 2014 - 19:09

Dr. Manmohan Singh has failed to leverage historic opportunity: Dr.JP

Lok Satta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan said that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has indulged in a self-serving exercise without any deep introspection expected of a great leader.

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s interaction with media earlier in the day, Dr. JP said Dr. Manmohan Singh has undoubtedly failed to leverage the great opportunity presented to him for the first time after 1971. The 1984 election held after Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s assassination and which witnessed Rajiv Gandhi coming to power was an aberration in that it brought into play people’s primordial loyalties.

The Prime Minister failed to utilize the historic opportunity presented to him in 2004 and 2009 to give a direction to the nation.

“No one questions Dr. Manmohan Singh’s personal intentions or integrity. Personal honesty is a minimum requirement but not the maximum qualification for a Prime Minister. When you lead a complex country like India the Prime Minister has to be more than a symbol of reconciliation.”

Dr. JP said the Congress as well as all other partiers have to introspect why there has been a diconnect between them and people, especially the younger generation.

Friday, January 3, 2014 - 17:23

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