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Lok Satta Observing Anti Corruption Day

The Lok Satta Party is observing World Anti Corruption Day on December 9 by conducting rallies, distributing pamphlets and organizing elocution and writing competitions in colleges on the corruption menace. The party will be distributing stickers carrying the message “I am for corruption-free India.’

This information was given to the media by party spokespersons Mrs. K. Geetha Murthy and Mr. V. Laxman Balaji here today.

It may be recalled that the Lok Satta has prepared a draft Bill to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act to plug the loopholes in the present Act. The Bill envisages bringing of elected people’s representatives also under the purview of the Act, creation of independent investigation and prosecution agencies and seizure of properties of those proved guilty.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 17:53

Dr. JP calls for united efforts To defuse T crisis

The need of the hour before all parties is to defuse the crisis in Telangana without compromising the health and self-respect of TRS President K. Chandrasekhara Rao, said Lok Satta President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here last night.

Talking to the media after calling on fasting KCR and talking to his son, daughter, and nephew at NIMS, Dr. JP said the Telangana issue had assumed serious proportion because the traditional parties had all along viewed it as a law and order problem or an expedient for getting votes instead of genuinely addressing the grievances of Telangana people. The parties that ruled the State had failed in providing quality education and health care and skill enhancement and livelihood opportunities.

Dr. JP called upon political parties to work for the development of all backward regions without fanning hatred among them. Asked to shout the ‘Jai Telangana’ slogan, Dr. JP said he would say, “Jai Telangana, Jai Coastal Andhra, Jai Rayalaseema, Jai Karnataka and Jai Maharashtra’ since he believed in the development of all regions in the country. The development of one region need not be at the expense of the other, he added.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 12:27

Dr. JP taking part in CEO Roundtable

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan is attending a three-day Chief Executive Officers’ Roundtable at Kovalam in Kerala from December 4 to 6. The 13th annual event, being organized by International Market Assessment India, is attended by more than 100 CEOs of diverse businesses in India.

In his key address on December 5, Dr. JP will be focusing on how deep the malaise of corruption and lack of public accountability is, whether there are any islands of hope and excellence in the governance system, why the system suffers from lack of accountability and how the status quo can be changed.

The participants include founders/chairpersons/managing directors/chief executive officers of a number of Indian companies.

Friday, December 4, 2009 - 16:55

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