Cong, TDP candidates intend to make money post GHMC polls: JP
Hyderabad | Saturday, Nov 21 2009 IST
 

Lok Satta President Jayaprakash Narayan today claimed candidates, ''spending up to Rs two crore each to get elected as a corporator in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation'', intend to make money through collecting commissions from contractors and land grabbers, facilitating land dispute settlements and postings and transfers of officials. Addressing election meetings in Malakpet area, he said a corporator who gets a monthly salary of Rs 3000 will have to toil for 600 years merely to recoup the investment in elections, without taking the cost of interest into account. The traditional party contestants are not fools to throw away precious money down the Musi merely to get elected as corporators. They are looking forward to making many times their investment in the business of politics through umpteen ways ranging from collecting commissions from contractors and land grabbers to facilitating land dispute settlements and postings and transfers of officials,'' he said. He added that the traditional parties believe in luring voters with money, liquor and biryani or by offering short-term inducements like television sets and cash transfers or make political mileage by dividing them on the basis of religion and caste, language and region. They do not believe in empowering people with provision of quality healthcare and education and opportunities for livelihood. ''In contrast, the Lok Satta believes if power is given to the voters, who are self-respecting and love their children and families, they will transform society...There is no magic wand which can transform society and improve peoples lives. Even if Mahatma Gandhi was to be reborn, he too would fail unless people are empowered as envisaged by him decades ago,'' he added.

Meanwhile, the party lashed out at TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu for describing Lok Satta policies and programmes as ''not practicable''.

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