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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

Friday, March 27, 2009 - 19:06

Engaged in unequal fight: Dr. JP

Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan said today that the Lok Satta Party is engaged in an unequal fight with traditional parties. “The Lok Satta views politics as a noble endeavor and believes in powerful ideas and a practicable agenda to transform the lives of people. On these issues, agenda and building a new political culture there is no competition from others with the Lok Satta. In contrast, the traditional parties repose their faith in distributing money and liquor, exploit caste and religion and offer temporary sops. The Lok Satta will not compete with them in following those practices.”

Addressing party activists from the Malakpet Assembly constituency, Dr. JP said the country is ripe for basic changes. “For the first time in India’s history, people all over the country have come to believe that the political system is rotten and needs to be replaced. Although they believe that the Lok Satta Party has the will, determination and competence to usher in fundamental changes, people doubt whether the party will make it in the elections. But together we can, if we use our ballot as our weapon.”

Dr. JP pointed out that a vote to any party other than the Lok Satta would go waste. “By voting for any traditional party, people will be falling from the frying pan into the fire. It is time the people decided whether they want any of the three families belonging to the three traditional parties in the State to win the 2009 elections or the people to win.

Dr. M. Panduranaga Rao, who is contesting from the Malakpet Assembly constituency on the Lok Satta ticket, spoke. Dr. Panduranga Rao, who retired as the CEO of a multinational company, has plunged into politics, inspired by Dr. JP. He is also the founder President of a voluntary organization, Manava Vikasa Kendra.

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 19:24

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