Blow the whistle and change history: Dr. JP
“Blow the whistle and help transform history”, appealed Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan here today. “You are the heroes in your real life and the power to transform the country lies solely in your hands.”
Releasing the fourth list of party candidates to contest 37 Assembly and seven Lok Sabha seats, Dr. JP disclosed that 95 percent of the party candidates belonged to middle classes and poorer sections. “They are candidates who will never be entertained by traditional parties which think they can swing the voters in their favor with money and liquor”. Dr. JP added most of the Lok Satta candidates cannot spend even the expenditure stipulated by the Election Commission, leave alone exceeding it.
The Lok Satta has so far released the names of 152 candidates to contest the elections to the Assembly and 13 to the Lok Sabha. In addition, it has left 14 seats to be contested by the Backward Classes’ United Front, with which the party has entered into an electoral understanding.
Welcoming the Supreme Court directive to the Election Commission to allot a common symbol to the Lok Satta Party, Dr. JP said the party has chosen whistle as its election symbol deliberately. The common man can now blow the whistle and break his silence. “After all, elections are about the future of our children and us and not about the fortunes of political parties and their leaders. You vote for the Lok Satta Party so that you can hold the reins of power in your hands.”
Dr. JP said that unlike traditional parties, the Lok Satta Party viewed political power only as a means to promote people’s welfare and not as an end to promote the interests of parties and their leaders.
Conveying his greetings to people on the Telugu New Year, Dr. JP hoped that the New Year would witness new blood entering politics and transforming the country. He wished Junior NTR, who was injured in a road accident, speedy recovery.
Vanga Sai Aditya, a nine-year-old student of Class III in Dwaraka St. Peter’s School, Ashok Nagar, donated his kiddy bank collection of Rs.340 to the Lok Satta Party. His mother, Yashoda, is a reporter in Andhra Prabha daily and father, Bhumeshwar, a Gemini News reporter.
The following is the list of candidates released today.
MLA Candidates List
Sl.No. | Name | Constituency | Dist |
1 | K Chalapathi Rao | Asifabad | Adilabad |
2 | T Srinivas | Mancherial | Adilabad |
3 | Ponduri Narsa Reddy | Nirmal | Adilabad |
4 | Hemanth Kumar Jaiswal | Goshamahal | GHMC |
5 | Nakkaboina Veerendrababu | YadavYakutpura | GHMC |
6 | Mohd Ishaq Khan | Nampally | GHMC |
7 | V R Vijayaramaraju | Cantonment | GHMC |
8 | K Dharma Reddy | Malkajgiri | GHMC |
9 | M Vidyasagar Rao | Jagityala | Karimnagar |
10 | Toeti Babu | Choppadandi | Karimnagar |
11 | Jaipal Reddy | Husnabad | Karimnagar |
12 | Tangada Anil Kumar | Ramagundam | Karimnagar |
13 | Bekkam Ramreddy | Mahaboobnagar | Mahaboobnagar |
14 | P.Vishnuvardhan Reddy | Kollapur | Mahaboobnagar |
15 | K Venkateswarlu | Achampet | Mahaboobnagar |
16 | Kodati Suhasini | Andole | Medak |
17 | Dr I Pratap Kumar | Zaheerabad | Medak |
18 | M Venkatreshwarlu | Miryalaguda | Nalgonda |
19 | Nenavath. Rambabu Nayak | Devarakonda | Nalgonda |
20 | Arukonda Latchaiah | Munugodu | Nalgonda |
21 | Ramu | Santanootalapadu | Prakasam |
22 | Enduri Lakshma Reddy | Pargi | Ranga Reddy |
23 | Chandrasheker Patnaik | Tekkali | Srikakulam |
24 | P. Mohan Rao | Pathapatnam | Srikakulam |
25 | G. Appala Naidu | Echarla | Srikakulam |
26 | D Adinarayana | Rajam | Srikakulam |
27 | Rai Padmavathi | Nellimarla | Vijayanagaram |
28 | S J Mariyamma | Saluru | Vijayanagaram |
29 | J Sailaja | Visakha (S) | Visakhapatnam |
30 | Avula Govardhan Reddy | Visakha (W) | Visakhapatnam |
31 | BVV Satyanarayana Murthy | Pendurthi | Visakhapatnam |
32 | Nagavenkata Suryanarayana | Narsipatnam | Visakhapatnam |
33 | G Narayana Murthy | Chodavaram | Visakhapatnam |
34 | BVVS Ganapathi Rao | Yalamanchili | Visakhapatnam |
35 | Ravindra Gopal | Narsampet | Warangal |
36 | K Sujatha Rao | Palakurthy | Warangal |
37 | Alluri Seetharama Raju | Bheemavaram | West Godavari |
MP Candidates List
1 | Dr M.T. Venkateshwarlu | Vishaka |
2 | Mallesh Ravinder Reddy | Zaheerabad |
3 | Vallepu Venkata Narsinga Rao | Warangal |
4 | Vidya Sagar | Nagar Kurnool |
5 | Ramavath Lingaiah Nayak | Nalgonda |
6 | DSR Chowdary | Nizamabad |
7 | Racha Subhadra Reddy | Bhongir |