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