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Lok Satta Party in fray for four Mayor posts in TN

The Lok Satta Party has fielded candidates for the post of Mayor in Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, and Tiruchi Municipal Corporations in the elections scheduled for October 17 and 19.

The party, which is contesting from select constituencies in Tamil Nadu local body elections, has chosen young, educated and service-minded middle class people as its candidates.

Giving this information in a media statement, party General Secretary Katari Srinivasa Rao said today that the Lok Satta aims at ushering in people-centered politics in a State known for its dynastic and corrupt politics.

Mr. D. Jagadeeswaran, the Lok Satta candidate for the Chennai Mayor post, is a 29-year-old software engineer. He had contested from Ambattur in the April 2011 elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly and polled considerable number of votes.

The Lok Satta Party has pledged to empower people by forming ward governments with elected representatives. In the 16 divisions it is contesting in Chennai, it has drawn up ward-wise manifestos, which promise time-bound resolution of people’s problems.

Friday, October 14, 2011 - 19:05

Lok Satta action plan to make an impact in 200 constituencies

The Lok Satta Party has drawn up an action plan to strengthen itself organizationally in 100 towns and 400 mandals covering some 200 Andhra Pradesh Assembly constituencies by March 2012. The party has also decided to enter into discussions with all political forces and organizations as part of its plan to present an alternative to traditional parties in the 2014 Assembly elections.

Giving this information in a media statement, Lok Satta Party Working President D. V. V. S. Varma said that the leadership summit the party conducted on its fifth anniversary at Ongole on October 8 and 9 formed sub-committees to mount sustained agitations on public issues.

Mr. Varma pointed out that traditional parties, which are responsible for centralizing power and perpetuating poverty, are straining every nerve to come back to power although they are not equipped to address the crisis facing the State. Steeped in corruption and trading charges against each other, the traditional parties have become part of the problem, he said.

In contrast, Mr. Varma said, the Lok Satta Party would approach the public with its specific agenda including empowerment of local governments, employment of youth, eradication of corruption, justice to farmers, and restriction of liquor consumption.

Monday, October 10, 2011 - 18:21

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