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Lok Satta's sixth list of candidates

The Lok Satta today released the sixth list of its candidates comprising 13 contesting to the Assembly and three to the Lok Sabha.

Releasing the list, party spokesman. V. Viayender Reddy disclosed that a Kukatpally businessman, Mr. D. Dilip Kumar, donated Rs.25000 to the Lok Satta. He expressed happiness over the Election Commission allotting the whistle symbol to the party.

Candidates for Assembly:

Name Constituency District
Navin Reddy Balkonda Nizamabad
Ramdas Naik Dornakal Warangal
Ravinder Rao Parkala Warangal
P. Ramesh Madhira Khammam
Chokka Rao Sattupalli Khammam
Srinivasa Naik Pinabaka Khammam
Srinivasachari Narsapur Medak
E. Anand Chandrayangutta Greater Hyderabad
M. D. Rafiq Bahdurpura Greater Hyderabad
B. Chiranjeevi Ichhapuram Srikakulam
S. S. N. Murthy Srikakulam Srikakulam
G. Satyanarayana S. Kota Vizianagaram
Reddy Lakshmu Naidu Chipurupalli Vizianagaram

Candidates for Lok Sabha:

Mahbubabad (Warangal Dt.) Banotu Malchand
Karimnagar M. Sasikanth
Vizianagaram K. K. M. Raju

Monday, March 30, 2009 - 18:19

Lok Satta fields Vignan Rattaiah for Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat

The Lok Satta Party today admitted renowned educationist Dr. Lavu Rattaiah in the party and named him as the candidate for the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency. Dr. Rattaiah has had the distinction of shaping the lives of tens of thousands of students in Andhra Pradesh by establishing the Vignan group of educational institutions. The Vignan Engineering College founded by him is today a deemed university.

Welcoming him into the party, Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan said Dr. Rattaiah has helped lakhs of poor and middle class students to come up in life by imparting them education of very high standards. He was glad that Dr. Rattaiah had accepted his invitation to join the party and share the burden of leadership. "His joining the party marks a turning point in the Lok Satta history."

Dr, JP pointed out that the people were thirsting for a fundamental change in the nature of politics and instanced how Mrs. Santakumari a practicing chartered accountant from Kalyandurg in Anantapur district has come forward to contest the elections on behalf of the party which alone can lead the country out of the present mess. Dr. JP said that Miss Samhita, a 14-year-old girl, donated the Rs.1000 the birthday gift she had received from her grandmother because she could not vote for the Lok Satta Party for four more years to go.

Dr. Rattaiah disclosed that he had joined the Lok Satta Party with a view to repaying the debt of gratitude to society which has made him what he is today. "I have achieved the ultimate in education by founding a university." Although he had a good understanding of politics and society, and was educationally qualified, he did not want to knock at the doors of any political party seeking a ticket to contest elections. The Lok Satta Party, in contrast to other parties, had invited him to join the party and serve the country. The Lok Satta decision would serve an eye-opener to other parties in that they too would have to choose deserving candidates and rowdies to contest elections.

Asked whether Dr. Rattaiah could overcome the "outsider" tag by contesting from Malkajgiri, Dr. JP replied that every one in India is an insider for the Lok Satta. The Constitution guarantees every one's right to live and work and contest elections from anywhere in the country. Dr. Rattaiah replied he has been living in Hyderabad for more than two decades and educating thousands of children through his educational institutions.

The Lok Satta Party today released 5th list of it's candidates to contest the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. With this list the party has so far released the names of 170 candidates for the Assembly and 18 for the LokSabha elections.

MLA Candidates

Sl.No. Name Constituency Dist
1 Majid Bin Abid Adilabad Adilabad
2 Battula Madhu Bellampally Adilabad
3 Shanta Kumari Kalyanadurgam Anantapur
4 P B Phanindar Puttaparthi Anantapur
5 Kinnera Shyam Sundar Huzurabad Karimnagar
6 L Raja Reddy Karimnagar Karimnagar
7 R Santhosh Babu Sircilla Karimnagar
8 Krishna Kumar Reddy Devarakadra Mahaboobnagar
9 K Raja Mallesh Makthal Mahaboobnagar
10 P Narender Shadnagar Mahaboobnagar
11 Chinta Lakshman Rao Andole Medak
12 Kishtaiah Bhongiri Nalgonda
13 B Krishna Armoor Nizamabad
14 Geeta Murthy Bhansuwada Nizamabad
15 Manchineni Srinivaswa Rao Darsi Prakasam
16 G Chandraiah Chevella Ranga Reddy
17 Satyanarayana Reddy Parigi Ranga Reddy
18 Venkatesh Vikarabad Ranga Reddy
19 Irya Banothu Nayak Mahaboobabad Warangal
20 Kurma Jagan Parakal Warangal

MP Candidates

1 Dr Raghuveer Reddy Chevella
2 L Rattaiah Malkajgiri
3 Vidyasagar Nagarkurnool
4 S Manorama Narasapuram
5 Jupalli Satyanarayna Khammam
Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 20:38

Dr. JP files nomination, warns against three families out to grab power

“Three families in Andhra Pradesh – those of Chief Minister Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu and Praja Rayam President Chiranjeevi – are fighting among themselves to grab power by hook or by crook. People, in their eyes, are only pawns in the power game”, charged Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today.

Addressing party workers before and after filing his nomination for the Kukatpally Assembly seat, Dr. JP said that only the Lok Satta regards people as the real sovereigns in a democracy.

Describing the elections as a fight between people on the one hand and politics of family rule, corruption, exploitation and business on the other, Dr. JP said the Lok Satta alone voiced people’s anguish and aspirations.

“Elections are about the future of our children and us and not about the fortunes of politicians and their families. Politics should revolve round our children’s future and not the other way round”.

Dr. JP said that the ballot is more powerful than the bullet in transforming people’s lives, and therefore people should not part with it for currency. “Those who bought tickets for crores of rupees are out to buy votes at Rs.1000 each”, he said.

Accompanied by party supporters and admirers, Dr. JP walked from Truck Bay to Kukatpally municipal office, a distance of two km, to file his nomination papers. En route, people spontaneously contributed amounts totaling about Rs.25,000 to the Lok Satta Party.

Dr. JP in his address referred to a young garbage collector he had seen en route and said that although he too was endowed with intelligence like all others, he had to earn his livelihood the hard way because of his family background. The Lok Satta, he said, would be creating a society in which every child irrespective of its caste and religion and family background would have the opportunity to realize its potential. That’s why people transcending their political affiliations are supporting the Lok Satta not merely in Kukatpally but all over the State. Kukatpally will be replicated all over the country in the next five years, he said.

Dr. JP said that, if elected, he would develop Kukatpally as a model constituency in three years.

Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 17:30

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