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Lok Satta contesting Bengaluru Corporation elections

The Lok Satta Party is contesting five of the 198 seats in the Bengaluru Municipal Corporation elections taking place on March 28.

It may be recalled that the Lok Satta party started its units in five States including Karnataka last year.

Talking to the media, party spokespersons Katari Srinivasa Rao and V. Laxman Balaji said here today that the party had selected highly educated persons with a track record of social service as its candidates.

The following are the divisions and the candidates contesting from them:

Your browser may not support display of this image. Vasantnagara: S. A. N. Ramakant (A mining engineer by profession, he has served to make Bengaluru a clean city)

Aramaninagara: Dr. Meenakshi Bharat (A gynecologist by profession, she has worked to rid electoral rolls of mistakes).

Rajarajeswari Nagar: Dr. Sanakara Prasad (An M. Tech from Khargapur IIT, he implemented an e-governance project in a Karnataka panchayat for the first time).

Mankenahalli: Prakash Balwade (A TV and stage artiste, he earned a national award for a Kannada serial)

Jayamahal: Dr. Balamani (A psychiatrist, she takes an active role in Red Cross social activities)

The party spokespersons said that the Lok Satta is contesting the corporation elections on the plank of ward governments.

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 17:08

Lok Satta welcomes move to amend Presidential Order

The Lok Satta Party today welcomed the Legislative Assembly adopting a resolution seeking deletion of Clause 14 (f) in the Presidential Order of October 1975.

Talking to the media, party spokespersons Katari Srinivasa Rao and V. Laxman Balaji recalled that it was only the Lok Satta Party which had advised the Government against going in for a review of the Supreme Court verdict when it convened an all-party meeting on October 19, 2009. TRS President K. Chandrasekhara Rao has gone public in praise of the Lok Satta stand.

Lok Satta President and legislator Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan also wrote to the Speaker seeking waiver of rules for introducing a resolution on deletion of Clause 14 (f) in the Presidential Order.

According to Clause 143 (f) of the Presidential Order, the zonal system would not apply to recruitment of police personnel in Hyderabad city. Once the clause is deleted, recruitment of police personnel up to a certain rank will be confined to local people.

The Lok Satta leaders counseled against fanning regional animosities on the issue. They recalled that during 2001-08, only local personnel were recruited for certain posts in Hyderabad.

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 18:52

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