The following candidates filed nominations so far.
First Day
Katta Rama Krishna - Vivekananda Nagar (123)
Second Day
B. Jyoti Reddy - Karmanghat (12)
M. Ramesh - Champapet (13)
S.Sumathi - Saroornagar (14)
On First day, there was only one nomination for the GHMC elections. The lone nomination was filed by Sri Katta Rama Krishna of Loksatta.
The latest political situation in Andhra Pradesh is conducive to Lok Satta Party’s emergence as the real alternative to traditional parties.
That was the unanimous view of the top leaders of the party, who met here today with Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, party President, in the chair.
Giving this information to the media, party leaders V. Laxman Balaji and Nandipet Ravinder said the party viewed the GHMC elections as an opportunity to convince the people that they could usher in new politics in the State with their vote.
The party is entering the GHMC elections with two evocative slogans -- “Vote for us and power to you” and “Seeti bajao, city bachao” (Blow the whistle (the party symbol) and save the city).
The party seeks to empower people with a per capita grant of Rs.1000 to every division so that local committees could spend it on attending to pressing community needs. The party will strive to usher in corruption-free governance in GHMC.
The Lok Satta Party, which is coming up with division-wise manifestos, will be resolving problems related to transport and traffic, drinking water and sanitation and education and health care. It will address unemployment among youth by launching programs to develop skills among them and show them placements or provide self-employment opportunities.
The party has finalized candidates for nearly 110 of the 150 divisions in the GHMC. It is roping in party leaders from all over the State campaign for its candidates in the elections.
Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan announced today that the party, if voted to power in the GHMC elections, would allocate 10 percent of the anticipated Rs.4500-crore budget next year for being spent in divisions by people-elected committees. In addition, the Lok Satta Party is committed to ensuring a per capita grant of Rs.1000 to every division.
The party would also establish a call center and resolve people’s problems in a time-bound manner. The complainants would be compensated at the rate of Rs.100 per day if a problem could not be attended to within the prescribed time limit.
Addressing students, business people and professionals from Sultan Bazar in the Gosha Mahal constituency who joined the Lok Satta Party, Dr, JP told them that the Lok Satta would not provide them avenues for personal enrichment by encouraging land grabbing or facilitating contracts for works. The Lok Satta provided them a platform to fight for a bigger cause.
The party President said that the Lok Satta workers would not lure voters with liquor or money. Instead, they would seek people’s patronage on the basis of its agenda including the formation of divisional governments.
Party leaders Hemant Kumar Jaiswal and C. Vinod led the delegation to the Lok Satta Party headquarters. Mrs. Y. Ramadevi and Mr. Syamraj Yadav were among those who took part in the event.