| Dr. JP launches Lok Satta Party in Tamil Nadu (Telugu) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT |
| Dr. JP launches Lok Satta Party in Tamil Nadu Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:32 AM PDT
The Makkal Sakthi Katchi (MKS) (meaning party of people's power) today became the Lok Satta Party in Tamil Nadu by formally merging with the latter.
Formally launching the unit, Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan called upon the middle classes and the media to shed cynicism, overcome despair and join the Lok Satta Party which is providing an ethical, political platform to transform Indian politics. "It is time the best and the brightest shouldered the responsibilities of leadership as in the days of the freedom movement and strove to make the country great. Let us not squander the present priceless opportunity."
Dr. JP said that the country would be in grave peril unless it addressed seven grave challenges confronting the country today. He listed them as poverty, corruption, centralization, absence of rule of law, urban-rural divide, liquor and drug menace and divisions within society. The Lok Satta provided the right platform for the millions of people who are thirsting for change by addressing the challenges.
Most of the one-year-old Makkal Sakthi Katchi (MKS) members had been active in Makkal Sakthi Iyakkam founded by Mr. Udaya Murthy in 1988. They came out of the movement, founded the MKS and even contested in three by-elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly in the last one year.
The average age of the members of the Tamil Nadu Lok Satta Party Executive is 32.
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| Lok Satta Party condemns assault on Lecturers (Telugu) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:31 AM PDT |
| Lok Satta Party condemns assault on Lecturers Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT
Lok Satta Party today condemned the students' assault on Lecturers discharging their duties on the Osmania University campus. Lok Satta leaders Mr. G. Raja Reddy and Mr. P. Ravimaruth said in a statement that the incident mars the image of the prestigious Osmania University.
Recourse to physical assault is unwanted in a democracy. None in Telangana would support such instances of anarchy, they said.
Lok Satta leaders appealed to political parties, civil society organizations to behave responsibly and asked people of all regions not to succumb to passions.
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| Lok Satta pays homage to Joji (Telugu) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT |
| Lok Satta pays homage to Joji Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:29 AM PDT
The Lok Satta Party today expressed its profound grief over the sudden death of Hyderabad Archbishop Marampudi Joji.
Party Vice President Mr. Bheesetti Babji, General Secretary Mr. V. Laxman Balaji, Yuva Satta President Mr. D. Ratnam laid a wreath on the body of Archbishop Joji at St. Mary's Church in Secunderabad.
In a media statement, they recalled that Joji always stood in the forefront in going to the assistance of people ranging from cyclone victims to child criminals. He promoted education and health care right from his Vijayawada days. He set an example to others by pursuing religion with a secular tinge.
Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, who was in Chennai, conveyed his condolences.
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