Loksatta Party Exemplary In Encouraging BCs: Katari

The credit for electing a BC as its State President much before the elections goes to the Loksatta Party which shuns the politics of dynasty. This is in sharp contrast to other parties which promise higher representation to BCs in elected offices only on the eve of elections. While some promise top positions in the party to BCs, some others offer even the post of Chief Minister.

Stating this at a meeting held at the party headquarters to pay tributes to Jotirao Phule on his birth anniversary, State Loksatta Party President Katari Srinivasa Rao said that the Loksatta Party alone had the institutional arrangements to facilitate those with competence and commitment to rise to any position irrespective of their caste. That was why 1 out of every 3 candidates it named in the 2009 general elections was a BC.

Of the 45 candidates contesting the Assembly elections in Telangana in 2014, 19 are BCs, 6 are SCs and 2 are STs, he added.

Rao pointed out that the Loksatta Party had made education its focus of attention in tune with Phule's maxim that education alone would enable everyone to lead a life of dignity.

Rao cautioned people to beware of parties which offered temporary sops and loan waivers for votes instead of talking about providing quality education, healthcare and employment opportunities to all.

He recalled that leaders like Narayan Guru, Ambedkar, Ramaswamy Periyar and Gandhi carried forward the fight initiated by Phule against caste and gender-based discrimination. Thanks to the advent of technology and urbanization, the present generation has the opportunity to realize their dreams, he said, and opined that it should utilize the opportunity by promoting good politics.

Loksatta Party leaders Nandipet Ravinder, P. Bhaskara Rao, K. Gita Murthy, Dosapati Ramu, Thummanapalle Srinivas and Durga Ramachandra Rao were among those who took part in the program. (INN)