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Lok Satta Party leaders offer Condolences to Dr. JP

Top leaders of the Lok Satta Party, who met at the party headquarters today, expressed their profound grief over the death of Mr. N. Venkateswara Rao (79), father of Lok Satta Party President, Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan. They expressed their condolences to Dr. JP and his family members.

The recalled that Mr. Venkateswara Rao had been a pillar of strength and support to Dr. JP who quit the IAS to found the Lok Satta movement initially and the Lok Satta Party later to transform society and politics.

A number of party leaders left for Vijayawada to take part in the last rites of Mr. Venkateswara Rao.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 15:53

Avail of reservations, appeals Mahila Satta

The Mahila Satta today celebrated the passage of the Women’s Reservations Bill in the Rajya Sabha by distributing sweets and appealing to women to avail themselves of the historic opportunity to play a meaningful role in politics.

Mrs. N. Saroja Devi, State Mahila Satta President, recalled that although the Lok Satta offered to field women in a minimum of 33 percent of seats in the 2009 general elections, very few women came forward to contest the elections. There would not be any material difference in the situation unless women shed their aversion to politics. It is only through active participation in politics that society can be transformed, she added.

The participants, who included Vice President M. Mahalakshmi, adopted a resolution thanking all political parties for helping Indian women realize their 14-year-old dream. GHMC president T.Padmaja Rani, Gajanani, Y.Ramani, Sridevi are among the participants.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 17:26

Lok Satta refutes Govt. claim

The Lok Satta Party today refuted Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao’s claim in the Assembly that its President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan had commended the State Government for its relief and rehabilitation measures in the wake of unprecedented floods in River Krishna in October 2009.

Talking to the media, party spokespersons Katari Srinivasa Rao and V. Laxman Balaji said that on the contrary the Lok Satta Party President had charged the State Government with miserable failure in undertaking long-term rehabilitation measures.

They recalled that Dr. JP said both within and outside the House, that civil society organizations and the Government responded magnificently in providing immediate succor to flood victims. The Government, however, had not taken up either construction of houses or reclamation of sand-cast land. It had not initiated any measures to prevent flooding of powerhouses on either side of the Srisailam dam and to strengthen flood banks to withstand floods of the magnitude of October 2009. The Government had also not published a white paper explaining the inundation of Kurnool city.

The Lok Satta leaders regretted that instead of discussing issues of importance, ruling party and Opposition party leaders were indulging in one-upmanship to gain political mileage.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 17:26

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