D.V.V.S. Varma is the incumbent Working President of the

Lok Satta Party Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India, founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, a former I.A.S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. Since 1996, the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmental ...

for Andhra Pradesh State. He has been actively involved in

Lok Satta movement Lok Satta is a non-partisan movement for democratic reforms in the country of India, led by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, a former I. A. S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh, India. The movement was started in 1996 with the foundi ...

from the time of its inception. He has served in various office-bearer positions for the

. He is also a reputed newspaper columnist and media analyst of political and policy affairs.

Early life

Mr. Varma lived in Tanuku of West Godavari district along with his wife and two children.

Political Involvement

D.V.V.S. Varma has been an active member of the communist movement in Andhra Pradesh, and the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

(CPI), for more than two decades and worked at the grassroots level. After quitting the CPI in the mid '90s, Mr. Varma continued to work in the areas of primary education and sanitation and eventually joined the Lok Satta movement.

Lok Satta Movement

Under the leadership of Mr. Varma,

expanded its reach into all 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh so much as to have primary units in almost every Mandal of the state. He acted as the State Campaign Coordinator for Andhra Pradesh. The campaign for candidate disclosures led by Mr. Varma culminating with the "People's Ballot" was successful and caught the imagination of the people of the state. He also played a central role in Lok Satta conceiving and leading the hugely successful statewide Movement for Empowerment of Local Governments and the historic '1-crore signature campaign' that brought the issue of empowerment of the third-tier of government (i.e. panchayats and municipalities) to the forefront of public and political debate. He was also actively involved in coordinating the "Vote India" campaign.

Lok Satta Party

DVVS Varma was chosen as the Party General Secretary in 2006. He was one of the contestants that ran for the President of Lok Satta Party in the first organizational election in January 2009.Lok Satta News: Dr.JP, D.V.V.S.Varma and Maharani to Contest for President
/ref> Currently, D.V.V.S. Varma is the Working President of Lok Satta Party for Andhra Pradesh State.

Editor

He is also the Chief Editor of Jaateeya Spurthi, a Telugu current affairs fortnightly. Now, he is the Editor of Lok Satta Times fortnightly (Telugu), the official magazine of Lok Satta Party. Viewers can access this magazine at www.loksatta.org website.

References

External links

DVVS Varma Blog - Andhra Pradesh Politics

Mr. Varma explains Lok Satta membership details
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