Loksatta Party is a political party in India founded by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, a former IAS officer. [1] It was originally started as an NGO focused on electoral and public policy reforms. [2] The NGO was transformed into a political party in 2006 so it could directly influence lawmaking and address issues more effectively. [3] Under Dr. JP's leadership as an elected MLA over the past 5 years, Loksatta Party has advocated for important issues and focused on principles of ethics and internal democracy.
2. Q: Why does someone need to have a political opinion ?
Ans : We pay around 50 % of our earnings as taxes directly or
indirectly and politicians are supposed to ensure they are used for better
good. Its your tax money used for repairing those potholed roads you travel
everyday, taking care of water supply , electricity supply and sewage supply for
your house, ensuring that your safety is taken care by law enforcement
agencies, provides scholarships to your children’s education and much much
more .Dont you think its YOUR duty to ensure politics are good and your
money is accountable.
3. Q: What is Loksatta Party ?
Ans : Loksatta Party is founded by Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan , an IAS
officer who served as Andhra Pradesh state secretary and his accolades
and accomplishments are extraordinary.
He started Loksatta as an NGO for electoral and public policy reforms.
This wiki page provides you with ton of information and you must look
at the party website .This NGO was transformed to a political party in
2006.
It can easily be said as a pioneer for clean politics for this new
generation.
4. Q: Why was an NGO turned to a political party when it was doing a good
job ?
Ans : Loksatta NGO was turned to a political party for better good. An NGO
has limitations on lawmaking. You can take up an issue , take it to law makers
but cannot ensure steps to be taken to mitigate an issue.
A public society opinion is only considered when the issue is serious and also
mostly for political mileages.
This was the same reason Anna-Kejriwal from IAC had to form a political party
called AamAadmi party by Kejriwal . Rest is all the recent news.
5. Q: What makes me think Loksatta is better and apart from all political
parties ?
Ans : Loksatta Party has strong ethical principles, extraordinary track record as an
NGO,an excellent dedicated cadre and most importantly a practical visionary
agenda.
In the past 5 years where Dr.JP has been a elected MLA , he has taken up to light on
some of the most demanding issues .
Search for “Jayaprakash Narayan in Assembly” in YouTube and you can see the action
first hand. One sample video on YouTube. You can check out the
50 guarantees of Loksatta Party for the promises.
Please take time to read them. And what not, the office bearers are chosen by internal
democracy. You vote who takes care of party.
6. Q: What is the work done by Dr.JP in Kukatpally in last 5 years ?
Ans :
You don't need to do much effort, entire list is collated at
http://www.kukatpallynow.com .
Surajya Movement was done recently to bring awareness of good politics.
For other tons of Loksatta efforts in last 5 years, you can check out the Activities
tab in official website.
Loksatta Victories are at the end of this presentation.
7. Q : What are the achievements in electoral field for Loksatta from its
inception as a party ?
Ans :
Loksatta Dr.JP has won Kukatpally Assembly constituency in 2009 polling
around 70+ thousand votes.
LSP contested the by elections in 2008 and secured second place in Khairatabad
and Terlam constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.
There have been good number of Local panchayat representatives elected in the
recently finished Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Loksatta has polled around 7.5 lakh votes in entire state of Andhra Pradesh in
2009 (thats more than half of Chiranjeevi’s PRP for comparison) elections with
close to 10-12 % in constituencies in Hyderabad and other urban places.
And let me remind you that all this wins are by using the legal money given by
people, without distributing any liquor or a green note.
8. Q. What are the official online channels where i can keep track of Loksatta
activities ?
•Official Website : http://www.loksatta.org
•Official Face book Page: https://www.facebook.com/loksatta
•Official Face book Page of
Dr.Jp : https://www.facebook.com/JPLOKSATTA
•Face book Page of PeopleForLoksatta (NRI wing)
:https://www.facebook.com/PeopleForLoksatta
•Official Twitter id : https://twitter.com/Loksatta_Party
•Official Twitter id of Dr. Jp : https://twitter.com/JP_LOKSATTA
•Twitter ids of Loksatta
Leaders: https://twitter.com/LoksattaMember/lsp-leaders/members
•YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/loksattapartyvideos
To join as Member. Logon to : http://members.loksatta.org/
To Join the Election Campaign , To Donate , To suggest
candidates : https://win.loksatta.org
