"We are on the right side of history," asserted Lok Satta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, on the 6th anniversary of the founding of the party, on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference, JP said, "The journey since the formation of the party six years ago on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary has been difficult and uneven but rewarding."
He said, "We have many miles to go, but we move forward with clear knowledge and firm determination that there is no alternative to the Gandhian path for a better India."
He added that Gandhiji's values are eternal and universal, and that they bears relevance to a vast, complex, diverse and ancient society like ours.
"Our failure to translate those principles into action in free India has landed us in a crisis," he said.
Jayaprakash Narayan said that the Lok Satta Party has adopted the four Gandhian principles - ethical politics, harmony in society, opportunities to all without discrimination and power to people - as its sheet anchor. He said that the Lok Satta Party would "continue to remain a beacon of hope, raising the right issues at the right time and mobilizing public opinion."
The
Surajya movement launched by the party during the year will pave the way for a better India, he asserted.
"The Lok Satta Party is getting ready to organize internal elections and build a party completely owned, funded, controlled and led by ordinary people," he announced.
He called upon all thinking people to not be on the sidelines, and to come forward and take ownership of the party to transform politics and society.
Replying to a question, JP said that the Lok Satta Party whole-heartedly welcomes the formation of Telangana as part of a comprehensive and amicable solution. The Telangana people have repeatedly expressed their aspiration for a separate state, and it cannot be ignored in a democratic society.
Answering another query, JP welcomed TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu's marathon padayatra.
"Chandrababu Naidu, who has rich experience as a politician for over three decades, should now act like a statesman and come up with honest and concrete solutions to the state's umpteen problems, and not focus on short-term gains," he opined.
Lok Satta Party Working President D V V S Varma and other leaders were also present.
Earlier, JP unfurled the national flag, and Varma the party flag. They paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi's portrait. (INN)