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Lok Satta Party frowns upon Opportunistic alliances

The Lok Satta Party today pointed out that the proposed electoral alliance between the Congress and the PRP aimed simply at grabbing power in the GHMC without a common agenda or manifesto was opportunistic and not meant to serve public interest.

Talking to the media, party Vice-President Y. D. Ramarao and spokesman V. Laxman Balaji said if the two parties were keen on contesting together because of similarity of views, the parties might as well have merged and contested as one party.

In contrast, the Lok Satta Party had announced its election manifesto two months ago promising devolution of powers, resources and personnel on locally elected division committees.

The party’s Election Authority Chairman V. Ramachandraiah released the fifth list of party’s contestants in the GHMC elections. The divisions and the candidates are:

Attapur – K. Vijayakumari
Chintalbasti – Shahana Begum
Sultan Bazar – Akula Shyamraj Yadav
Musheerabad – M. Sunita Narender Reddy
Domalguda – K. Purnima
Khairatabad – W. Ramadevi
Banjara Hills – S. Rama Subhadra
Shapurnagar – B. Durgarao
Ramanthpur – Sampath Kumar
Uppuguda – M. Narayandas
Aliabad – K. Narsingrao
Asifnagar – P. Lalitha Sivajyothi

With this, the party has named contestants for 96 divisions.

The party announced that Katyayani will contest from Moula Ali and K. Bharat Kumar from Golnaka following changes.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 17:58

Nominations Filed By Loksatta Candidates

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.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 11:45

Prospects bright, feels Lok Satta Party

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.

Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 18:58

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