loksattha

Loksatta, a regional party of Andhra Pradesh led by bureaucrat turned politician Jaya Prakash Narayanan who earlier led the Loksatta movement. Loksatta is contesting the elections with Zero corruption as main agenda. Loksatta is first political party to have created orkut application.Yesterday, Loksatta distrubuted currency notes to people as part of its campaigning. Wondering how can a party with zero corruption as sole agenda is distribution currency? Well its a currency of Zero value :). Yes, its a currency with zero value which has message as "I promise to ensure that I will neither take nor give bribes".In another novel method to reach to voters JP on friday launched his election campaign by train. The Former IAS officer and his supporters are travlleing in general compartment of Secundrabad-Nellore Krishna express. Which will take them to 25 constituencies of 7 districts in record 24 hours. Addressing people at various railway stations he said he wanted to change the politics which is currently dominated by currency and muscle power. This campaign has cost them just few thousands whereas other political parties are spending millions of rupees on campaigning.Kudos to JP and all the best Loksatta for Elections-09Lok Satta party is a political party in India founded by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan. [1] Launched on October 2 2006[2] by the Lok Satta voluntary organization. Lok Satta organization has been actively involved in bringing about several political reforms in Andhra Pradesh over the nine years of its existence. The party has opted for the whistle symbol for the 2009 election