Prajasakti
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Publisher | Prajasakti Printers & Publishers Private Ltd. |
| Editor | Mallajosyula Venkata Subrahmanya Sarma |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Political alignment | Far Left |
| Language | Telugu |
| Website | prajasakti |
Prajasakti (also spelled as Prajashakti) is a Telugu newspaper that is published in Andhra Pradesh, India by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It started as a daily newspaper in 1981 with Vijayawada as the publishing centre. Currently, it is being published with nine centres (or editions) at Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Khammam, Kurnool, Ananthapur, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Karimnagar, and Ongole. It has a wide network of over 100 primary news-gathering centres across the state.
History
Prajasakti had its inception in 1942 and was published as a daily newspaper from 1945. The paper was subjected to repression by the British and was banned in 1948.
It started again as a weekly journal in 1969 and took the form of a daily newspaper in 1981 with Vijayawada as the edition centre. Prajasakti continued to be published, despite an atmosphere where progressive and democratic forces were often suppressed by imperialism.
The second edition started in 1997 from Hyderabad, the third edition in 1997 at Visakhapatnam and the fourth edition in 2001 at Tirupati, the fifth edition in July 2003 and the sixth edition at Kurnool in November 2003, the seventh edition at Rajamahendravaram in May 2005, the eighth edition in September 2005, the ninth edition at Srikakulam in 2006, and the tenth edition at Ongole in 2012.
Vision and mission
Prajasakti is committed to the cause of oppressed people. At its very inception it aligned with the peasants' struggle in 1981. Prajasakti promotes propaganda for secular and progressive values in the society.
It strives for democratic values, and upholds the ardent struggle for democracy and a just living waged against the one-sided imperialist globalization. It provides a scientific analysis on all contemporary, national and international issues.
Prajasakti stands for the projection of all the just values and relentlessly fights anti-people policies, corruption, communalism, and many issues that worsen the lives of the poor and middle class.
Publishers and the team
Prajasakti daily is a part of the Prajasakti Sahithee Samastha with its headquarters at Hyderabad. It has a team with hundreds of journalists and professionals from the advertisement team, circulation department, software department and technical department and the editorial board, which is headed by Mallajosyula Venkata Subrahmanya Sarma as editor and Y. Acthyutarao as chief general manager. Prajasakti daily is published at the Prajasakti daily printing press that caters the print requirement. Prajasakti daily extends its support to the Prajasakti Book House and the Prajasakti Publishing House, which are the centres for progressive literature in Andhra Pradesh.