Loksatta Party national President Dr. Jayaprakash Naarayan today appealed to voters to realize that those who seek to buy their votes with money and liquor are planning to loot the Rs.5.5 lakh the State Government spends on every family for five years.
In a statement here, Dr. JP said that those who spend crores of rupees in elections are setting their eyes on making many times more than their investment through bagging contracts or seeking commissions or land encroachments or brokering deals. He said that one out of every five candidates in the electoral race for the Assembly is facing some criminal case or other and one out of every seven candidates, a case of murder or rape.
Touching upon healthcare in the country, he said it is distressing that 12000 new TB cases are being reported every day in India although drugs to cure TB have been there for more than five decades.
Unlike other political parties, the Loksatta is focusing on people’s problems and providing concrete solutions, he said and called upon voters not to take the elections lightly since they have the potential to change the country’s destiny. They should defer travel, brave the heat and make it a point to vote. (NSS)
