Please donate generously and help us bring ethical politics in India

Dear Fellow Citizens,

One of the root cause of the rampant corruption in India is the buying of votes by the politicians and spending their ill-gotten money illegally, exceeding the limits that the Election Commission of India imposes on candidates. The maximum amount that an assembly constituency candidate in Karnataka can spend towards his election campaign is Rs. 16 lakhs. In 2008 assembly elections the limit was only Rs. 10 lakhs. But, all the well informed citizens of our state are aware of the fact that many candidates have spent tens of crores. This is illegal, and outright unethical. The only way to tackle this is active participation of the citizens in electing their representatives and public funding the good and eligible candidates.

As you know, any campaign needs money for legitimate expenses such as pamphlets, banners, conducting a few events and paying a small campaign staff for 1-2 months. Donations received will be used purely for the purpose of meeting legitimate expenses toward my MLA election campaign.

There are several ways to send your donations. [Please note that ONLY INDIAN CITIZENS CAN DONATE – whether living in India or abroad.]

METHOD 1:

If you are an Indian citizen and have an Indian bank account and a PAN number, donating is easiest by simply transferring money to Loksatta Party’s Karnataka account.

A/c No. – 30855182631
Bank – State bank of India
branch – Jayamahal, Bangalore
IFSC code: sbin0001731
Beneficiary: Loksatta Party
Type: Current Account

Once transferred, please let me know so that I can make sure the money is internally allocated to my campaign. If there is a ‘memo’ or ‘note’ field available, just indicate ‘For Ravi Krishna Reddy’s campaign‘.

METHOD 2:

Write a cheque payable to ‘Loksatta Party‘ and at the back of the cheque, please write “For Ravi Krishna Reddy’s campaign” – and handover or post it to this address:
Ravi Krishna Reddy
No.400, 23rd Main,
BTM Layout 2nd Stage,
Bengaluru – 560076
Karnataka, India.
Ph: 96860-80005

METHOD 3:

If you don’t have an Indian bank account set up for online transfer, you can use this link http://www.loksatta.org/donate/
This is our Party’s head quarters account. So, it will take a little longer to come to Karnataka. Please be sure to indicate, “For Loksatta Karnataka – Ravi Krishna Reddy

You will receive a receipt for your contribution, which entitles you to corresponding tax-exemption under the law.

Donations and expenses are usually updated every two weeks. If you notice your donation is not listed here for more than two weeks, please alert me.


Contributions (as of 23/4/13): Total : ₹ 5,67,402 + $200

Name Place Amount (₹)
DS Nagabhushan Shivamogga 2000
Shivakumar Hassan 2000
B.Sripad Bhat Bangalore 10000
Basavaraj Hiremath USA 10000
Sowmya Murali Bangalore 500
Sara Abubakkar Mangalore 500
Venkat Sheshasai Bangalore 15000
Chandrashekar USA 30000
Dr. Munireddy Bangalore 10000
Ramakrishna Adukuri Hyderabad 10000
Ranjit Mukundan Bangalore 20000
Supriya Reddy Bangalore 50000
Janardhan Mariyappa Bangalore 10000
Vishnu Srungaram USA 2700
Veena Shivanna Bangalore 1000
Seetalakshmi Bangalore 5000
Nagaraj Hebbar USA 10000
Phaneesh GS Bangalore 2000
BVR Manjunath Bangalore 5000
Prashanth Bangalore 5000
Anil Kumar Bangalore 100
Ravi Shiroor & Umesh Bangalore 10001
Prakash T.B. Chitradurga 500
Santhosh K Bangalore 15000
Raveendra M Bangalore 5000
Susheela M.P. Bangalore 5000
Raghavendra Sreenivas Uttanur, Mulbagal 5001
Prakash Nayak Bangalore 5000
Prakash Reddy Handenahalli 3000
Suresh Reddy Handenahalli 500
Ashok Reddy Handenahalli 100
Shrikant Munnole England 10000
Rama Rao Bangalore 10000
A.N.Krishna Reddy Bangalore 500
MaheshKumar Bangalore 1000
Kavya Koramangala 500
Shilpa & Shashi Kumar Tiptur 35000
Shashi Kumar’s Friends (75 people) across Karnataka 165000
Ramakrishna M Bangalore 10000
Shankar M UK 15000
Prakash Talawar Singapore 10000
Paramesh Bangalore 10000
Sudarshan B.S. Mysore 5000
G Ballur Bagalkot 10000
Sudheer Vaidya Bangalore 3000
Ashok Kumar Bangalore 5000
Naveen Murudaraju Bangalore 500
Shankar Subramanian Bangalore 2500
Vinod Subramanian Bangalore 500
Shridhar S Bangalore 500
Gurunathan K Bangalore 500
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Gurumurthy Bangalore 500
Dr. Cindrilla Chumduri Bangalore 500
N AnilKumar Bangalore 1000
Shrinidhi Adiga Bangalore 1000
Gururaj Havanur USA $200

From supporters who wish to remain anonymous:

Name Place Amount (₹)
Anonymous1 Karnataka 10000
Anonymous2 Karnataka 2000
Anonymous3 USA 2000
Anonymous4 Shimogga 1000

Self: ₹ 200000

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