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Dr. JP to address all-India Youth Conference on June 1st

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan will be addressing an all-India annual youth conference being organized by Initiatives of Change at Panchgani, near Pune in Maharashtra, on June 1.

The conference meant for youth in the 17-25 age group aims at helping them realize their inner strengths and contribute towards a cleaner, calmer and a fairer world.

'Let’s Make a Difference' is the theme of the conference being conducted for the past 15 years. The eight-day residential training program starts on June 1 and concludes on June 8 every year.

A cross section of Indian Youth from various backgrounds and States takes part in the conference.

‘Initiatives of Change’ (formerly known as ‘Moral Re-Armament’) is a non-profit organization founded by Mr. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.

Dr. JP, who is the chief guest, will be addressing the youth on the difficult choices he has made in life guided by his inner voice and the setbacks and triumphs he has encountered.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 15:42

Don’t make farmers pawns in political power games: Lok Satta

The Lok Satta Party today counseled the TDP and the YSR Congress against making farmers pawns in their power games.

The party was commenting on the YSR Congress and the TDP asking each other to move a no-confidence motion against the Government for its failure to go to the farmer’s rescue.

In a media statement, party Working President D. V. V. S. Varma and Secretary V. Vijayender Reddy said that if the two parties were genuinely concerned about farmers, each of them could move a no-confidence motion. The crisis in the agriculture sector, however, calls for a non-partisan approach, they added.

Demanding a special session of the legislature to discuss the crisis in the farm sector, the Lok Satta Party leaders asked the TDP and the YSR Congress to exert pressure on the Government in that direction. If the Government does not come forward to discuss the issue, then all the Opposition parties could join hands and move a no-confidence motion.

With monsoon rains round the corner, the Government should step up paddy procurement. Instead of depending on women’s self-help groups, it should instruct the Food Corporation of India to undertake the bulk of procurement.

The leaders wanted the Government to make millers buy paddy at the minimum support price, ensure payments to farmers by account payee cheques, and facilitate pledge loans to farmers who would like to defer sales anticipating better market conditions.

Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 17:25

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