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Dr. JP visiting Guntur district On Thursday

Lok Satta Party President is leaving for Guntur district tomorrow (Thursday April 16) by road to campaign for his party candidates in the elections. He will be addressing public meetings at Macherla at 5-00 p.m. and Piduguralla at 7-00 p.m. tomorrow and halts for the night at Guntur.

On Friday, April 17, Dr. JP will be addressing public meetings at Vemuru (9-30 a.m.), Mangalagiri (3-30 p.m.) and Guntur (6-30 p.m.) and address the media at Tenali (12 noon).

He will be visiting East Godavari district on April 18, West Godavari and Krishna districts on April 19, Nellore and Kadapa districts on April 20 and Anantapur district on April 21.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 21:12

Time to act is now, Dr. JP tells voters

In a letter to Andhra Pradesh voters on the eve of the first phase of polling, Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan appealed to them not to succumb to inducements like liquor and money or short-term sops and perpetuate the corrupt political system. All along, he pointed out, they had been changing players in election after election but found themselves falling from the frying pan into fire. “The need of the hour is a change in the rules of the game.”

Dr. JP said the elections presented a golden opportunity to voters to put an end to dynastic rule and politics of business. The Lok Satta Party, he recalled, had been formed to usher in new politics for a new generation and provided a platform to people who are fed up with the present corrupt and rotten political system. “Now is the time to act.”

Dr. JP reiterated that the Lok Satta is totally committed to providing opportunities for growth to every child irrespective of its caste and religion. It will provide quality education and health care, job skills and employment opportunities, and ensure that farmers and those engaged in traditional occupations earned higher incomes. It would form district governments and make a per capita grant of Rs.1000 to every village and ward/division and create 1250 new towns and provide livelihood opportunities to 50 lakhs of people in five years.

Dr. P. Bhaskara Rao, party spokesman, told the media that youth were coming on their own to work as booth and polling agents for the Lok Satta Party. Party activists were preventing distribution of money and liquor to voters.

Dr. JP will be casting his vote tomorrow in a polling booth near Income Tax Colony on Road No. 10, Banjara Hills, which comes under Khairatabad constituency.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 21:11

Dr. Ambedkar behind Voting right to all: JP

It was because of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar the Constitution conferred the right to vote to on every eligible Indian without any discrimination based on caste, class and religion, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today..

Addressing a gathering after garlanding the statue of Dr. Ambedkar at Moosapet Y Junction, Dr. JP appealed to people to utilize their vote by electing candidates with credibility. They should put an end to dynastic and exploitative politics by exercising their franchise wisely. Traditional political parties merely observed the birth and death anniversaries of the great leader without following him in practice, unlike the Lok Satta which lived up to his ideals.

Movie Director Tammareddy Bharadwaja, Lok Satta Party leader Srinivasan and others took part in the function.

At 10-00 a.m. Lok Satta contestants including Dr. JP and activists all over the State blew whistle, the party’s election symbol, to remind people of the need to vote for the Lok Satta.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 20:42

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