Dear Friend,
Regretfully in India, mainstream political parties in their unbridled lust for power are sacrificing the interests of the poor, imperatives of nation building, and sustained economic growth at the altar of short-term political and personal gains.
Traditional political parties refuse to empower the poor to help them climb out of poverty. Instead, they deliberately foster a master-servant relationship between rulers and the ruled, and rob people of their most treasured possession – dignity.
There are three burning issues on which national parties merely quibble to serve their party interests without taking a categorical stand in tune with national interests: reservations, national unity, and elimination of poverty.
On reservations for weaker sections in educational institutions and Government jobs, most political parties have not come up with any creative response although the issue is causing fissures in society. They have apparently forgotten that real empowerment comes only from provision of quality education at Government cost to all, and not through symbolic sops. The truly deserving poor should get bonus marks as weightage to give them a chance to compete with privileged children.
The response of most political parties to the growing tendency of extreme parochialism has been feeble. I refer your attention to the attacks on non-Marathis in Maharashtra (including the demand for reservation of 80-100% jobs in private sector only for Marathis), the battles between Kannadigas and Tamilians on sharing waters, and the continual ethnic cleansing in North Eastern India. Most political parties respond with the crassest opportunism, instead of condemning such tendencies, and taking a steadfast and consistent approach to strengthen national integrity and unity.
Rather than empowering our people, political parties indulge in competitive populism. The Union government wrote off Rs.60,000 crore loans of defaulting farmers without really strengthening agriculture. The country’s largest political party is promising color TV sets to people, if elected to power in Karnataka. In Andhra Pradesh, the two main political parties are going overboard in promising the moon. With such sops, the parties seek to make mendicants out of our people, and rob them of their self-respect.
Traditional political parties view people as mere voting machines in flesh and blood, instead of as living and breathing human beings.
Such exploitative and utterly corrupt politics must give way to a new political culture – one in which the citizen is supreme. Politics must once again be a noble endeavour.
Lok Satta Party aims to usher in such a culture – one that is centred around the citizen, and provides dignity, opportunity, and justice for all.
You may be aware that the by-elections have been announced for 22 Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in AP for May 29th, 2008. These by-elections just a few months before the general elections will not in any way change the government, improve policies or the lives of the people. And yet they have been thrust on us because of brinkmanship of parties. They will cost about Rs.30 crore to the exchequer. We should convert these by-elections into an opportunity to create a platform for clean politics.
Lok Satta Party will, for the first time, compete in three Assembly constituencies in Hyderabad city: Khairtabad, Musheerabad, and Secunderabad. As usual, the other mainstream parties are expected to put up dynastic, and even criminal candidates, and employ money-muscle-liquor power to win these seats. An estimated Rs.500 crore will be spent by our opponents in these bi-elections in the state. If they win, tax payers like you and me can expect them to leach an estimated as Rs. 5000 crores from the public by giving government contracts to cronies, illegally appropriating government land (or conniving with officials to do so), transferring and posting officials for a price, interfering in crime investigation, and controlling state resources.
Indians are sick and tired of such kleptocratic politics!
The middle classes are the bulwark of any democracy, and every political revolution in history has relied on the strength of the youth. Lok Satta Party calls upon the youth and middle classes of the country to join us in this fight to free our democracy from the clutches of the criminal, corrupt, and dynastic politics that grips it today. Politics governs every aspect of our lives, and we must not run away from it. If good people avoid politics, we make it easy for criminals to fill the void.
Lok Satta Party needs your support to win this fight!Join hands with us to transform India, and build the democracy our children deserve.
Lok Satta has worked for over a decade to cleanse our political system of its current ills (visit http://www.loksattamovement.org/ to learn more). On March 23rd,2008 Lok Satta Party launched the Surajya campaign against corruption and for good governance, and we are committed to drawing the best from our society into public life. We need your financial contributions to mount an effective campaign for clean politics. In the three constituencies Lok Satta is contesting, our rivals will outspend us by at least 100:1. We need Rs.30 lakh to mount a credible, and legitimate campaign.
If a broad coalition of Indian citizens comes together, we can prove that the time has come for change. The rise of Barack Obama demonstrates the power of the youth and middle classes once they come together. Indian youth and middle classes are ready and waiting for change. We need to build a powerful movement to weld them into a viable political force.
So please support in any manner you can – particularly recurring contributions.
If you reside in India | If you reside abroad |
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| Rs 200/month | $ 10/month |
| Rs 500/month | $ 25 |
| Rs. 1000 | $ 50 |
| Rs. 5000 | $100 |
| Any amount you feel necessary to usher in a new political culture in India. | Any amount you feel necessary to usher in a new political culture India. |
To learn more about Lok Satta Party, please visit http://www.loksatta.org/. To learn more about how you can help build this people’s movement to usher in a new political culture in India, please visit http://www.loksatta.org/contribute.htm. Information on how to set up recurring funds is also included.
Let us join hands, and bring the change we all want to see in our great country
Invite a friend to join Lok Satta Party in cleaning up Indian politics.
తెలుగులేఖ: ఇక్కడ మీ ఫ్రెండ్స్ ని రిఫర్ చెయ్యమంటూ 10 వరుసలలో 20 టెక్స్ట్ ఫీల్డ్స్ ఉన్నాయి. వాటిని తీసివేయడం జరిగింది.
Regards,
Jayaprakash Narayan
President, Lok Satta Party
http://www.loksatta.org/
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కూతురిపై అత్యాచారం" వార్త ని చూడగానే ఒళ్ళంతా ఒకటే కంపరం, అసహ్యం కలిగాయి. ఇది నిజమా కాదా తెలుసుకుందామని గూగుల్ ఆశ్రయిస్తే, నిజమేనని తెలిసింది. అది ఇచ్చిన కొన్ని లింకులను క్రింద ఇచ్చాను చూడండి. ఆస్ట్రియా దేశంలో ఒక కామాంధుడైన తండ్రి తన 11 సంవత్సరాల కూతురు ని దాదాపు 24 సంవత్సరాలపాటు తన ఇంటి క్రింది రహస్య గదిలో ఉంచి అత్యాచారం చెయ్యడంతో పాటు, ఆమె ద్వారా ఏడుగురు సంతానాన్ని కన్నాడట ఆ ప్రబుద్ధుడు. 24 ఏళ్ళ పాటు ఒక ఇరుకు రహస్య గదిలో ఉండడమంటే మాటలా? ఎంతబాధ పడిందో పాపం. ఈ విషయంలో భారతీయులు ఏమీ తక్కువ తినలేదు లేండి ఎందుకంటే ఈ మధ్య మనదేశంలో కూడా ఇటువంటి సంఘటనలను జరుగుతున్నాయని ఆమధ్య పేపర్ లో చూశాను. ఇలాంటి విషయాలు వింటున్నప్పుడు మనం తిరిగి ఆటవిక యుగం వైపు వెళుతున్నామేమో అనిపిస్తుంది. ఈ విషయం గురించి మరిన్ని వివరాలకు నేటి (29/4/2008) ఈనాడు పేపర్ చూడండి. మరిన్ని లింకులు క్రింద ఇవ్వబడ్డాయి.
మధ్యన ఒక వారధిలా పనిచేస్తుంది, ప్రేమని పెంచుతుంది. మనం కరచాలనం చేసేది కూడా అందుకే. ప్రతిఒక్కరూ కూడా, వాళ్ళు తల్లితండ్రులైనా, బంధువులైనా, స్నేహితులైనా లేదా అపరిచితులైనా కూడా ఆ "స్పర్శ" ద్వారానే పిల్లలని ప్రేమిస్తారు. అయితే అది ఆత్మీయతని పంచే స్పర్శా లేక దురుద్దేశంతో కూడుకున్న స్పర్శ (చైల్డ్ సెక్సువల్ అబ్యూజ్ (C.S.A)) అనేది ఆ వయసు పిల్లలకి తెలిసే అవకాశంలేదు. తెలియచెప్పాల్సింది పెద్దలే ఎందుకంటే ఒక వయస్సువరకూ మన పిల్లల భవిష్యత్తు మనచేతుల్లోనే ఉంటుంది. C.S.A కి సంభందించిన మరిన్ని వివరాలకు సౌండ్ ఆఫ్ సైలెన్స్ అనే ఈ లింక్ చూడండి.
