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Lok Satta launching 'Surajya' movement

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan will be flagging off the party’s ‘surajya’ movement in municipalities all over the State by addressing a meeting in Chandanagar division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on September 20.

Talking to the media, party spokespersons Katari Srinivasa Rao and Mrs. Y. Ramadevi said that the party proposed to launch the movement in one division or ward of every municipality demanding formation of people-elected government in every division/ward so that people get the services they need.

Dr. JP will be holding an interactive session with people drawn from all fields at the HUDA Colony grounds in Chandanagar at 4-00 p.m. on September 20 to ascertain the problems of people in all the six divisions of the Serilingampalli Assembly constituency and explain how they could be resolved with their tax remittances. An exhibition on people’s problems and possible solutions will be held at the venue.

The Lok Satta has been demanding that the Government make a per capita grant of Rs.1000 to every municipality and panchayat so that locally elected people’s committees could resolve people’s problems with the grant.

The first phase of the movement will be carried on until December 9, International Anti Corruption Day.

The Lok Satta leaders demanded that the Government take stringent measures like strengthening laws to prevent atrocities against women against the backdrop of the attack by a love-stricken boy on a girl and her parents in Rajahmundry. Such incidents mirrored the failure of the Government as also our society in safeguarding women.

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 16:22

Dr. JP contrasts politicians of past and present

It is the self-centered politicians and not terrorists or naxalites who are harming the country’s future, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today.

Addressing a gathering after unveiling the national flag to celebrate Telangana Liberation Day at the party headquarters Dr. JP said that politicians of all hues of the present generation turned the noble endeavor of politics of yesteryears into a lucrative and dynastic enterprise. “We don’t know what happened to the children of Sardar Patel who unified the nation or of K. M. Munshi and Vellodi, who served as Governors of the erstwhile Nizam State. Leaders like Chittaranjan Das, Mahatma Gandhi, C. Rajagopalachari, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao and Prakasam Pantulu never attempted to groom their sons and daughters as their political heirs. Unlike the politicians of the present day, they did not devote their time and effort to enrich themselves at any cost and build an empire for their children.

Dr. JP recalled that the unification of Italy in the 19th century took 23 years and of Germany was marked by nine years of bloodshed. In contrast, Sardar Patel unified 545 princely States with the Indian Union in less than a year without shedding a drop of blood. Only five people died when he accomplished integration of Hyderabad State with the Indian Union. Every Indian should celebrate the historic liberation of Hyderabad.

Dr. JP said that all right thinking people should take a leaf out of the freedom fighters’ lives and come forward to build a society in which every one irrespective of caste and religion had equal growth opportunities.

Party leaders Bandaru Ramamohana Rao, Katari Srinivasa Rao, V. Laxman Balaji, P. Bhaskara Rao, E. Chenayya, Y. Ramadevi and Gajanani were among those who took part in the function.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 14:22

Don’t allow administration to suffer, Lok Satta appeals to ruling party

Andhra Pradesh Ministers are not merely showing disrespect to the Chief Minister by skipping meetings convened by him but are also letting down people who elected them to power by devoting their time and effort to succession issues, charged the Lok Satta Party here today.

Talking to the media, party leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao, P.Ravi Maruth and Mrs.Y. Ramadevi said it was understandable that the untimely and gruesome death of a strong leader like Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy caused vacuum in the ruling party.

Since governance could not come to a standstill, the ruling party rightly chose one of their leaders as the Chief Minister who in turn chose his Ministers. Having taken oath of office and secrecy, the Ministers are expected to render justice to the portfolios entrusted to them.

Instead, the Lok Satta leaders said the Ministers were endlessly engrossed in power struggle and succession battle and in the process neglecting many grave problems like the swine flu confronting the State. While nobody would question the right of the ruling party to elect its leader, the ruling party should also ensure that administration and governance did not come to a standstill.

The government and public office are about promoting public good, not for private gain. The people do not exist for leaders and governments, parties and government exist for people. This simple truism has eluded the ruling party.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 17:48

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