Jayaprakash Narayan

Former Maharashtra chief minister and Bihar BJP election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and party leader Bhupendar Yadav pay tribute to Jai Prakash Narayan on his birth anniversary at...

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BJP National President JP Nadda pays tribute to Jai Prakash Narayan on his birth anniversary, during his visit to Bihar ahead of State Assembly elections, in Patna.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pays tribute to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan on his birth anniversary, in Patna.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi leaves after paying tribute to freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan on Sampoorna Kranti Diwas, in Patna.

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People throw garlands at a statue of freedom activist Jayaprakash Narayan to commemorate Sampoorna Kranti Diwas and JP Movement, in Patna.

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‘Lok Nayak’ J.P. Narayan
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar during an event to mark the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan in Patna.

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Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha pays tribute to Jai Prakash Narayan on his birth anniversary in Patna.

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Loknayak

Jayaprakash Narayan addressing a rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Ground in 1975

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SVAMITVA, A ‘Historic Move’, ‘Big Step For Aatmanirbhar Country’: PM Modi

On the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also interacted with several beneficiaries of the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme.

Oct 11, 2020

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PM Modi, Vice-President Naidu Pay Tributes To Jayaprakash Narayan, Nanaji Deshmukh

‘I bow to Loknayak JP on his Jayanti. He valiantly fought for India's freedom,’ Prime Minister Modi said. Social activist Jayaprakash Narayan popularly known as ‘JP’, was born on this day in 1902.

Oct 11, 2020

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Jitan Ram Manjhi: A Political Enigma

He has done what no Dalit has ever attempted. He is now accused of being power-hungry.

Feb 20, 2015

| A. K. Biswas
The Deserted Village

The PM would do well to incorporate the Lok Nayak’s convictions and what he stood for and not ape alien models to make India’s villages as mere markets and show-pieces

Aug 19, 2014

| M.G. Devasahayam
'Politics Of Innuendo'

Eminent Indians speak up in support of Sonal Shah: 'We are dismayed by attempts to draw Sonal Shah's name into needless controversy by questioning her ideological affiliations and to make utterly false accusations against her'

Nov 12, 2008

| Tarun Das Pratap Bhanu Mehta Jayaprakash Narayan Others Devesh Kapur Ajay G. Piramal
The Alternative Bill

Enhancing Women's Representation In Legislatures - An Alternative to the Government Bill for Women's Reservation

May 15, 2003

| Jayaprakash Narayan Madhu Purnima Kishwar Yogendra Yadav Forum for Democratic Reforms Dhirubhai Sheth

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From Cradle To Saddle

As Rahul takes over from his mother, the 132-year-old Congress seems to need the dynasty more than the dynasty needs it

Dec 15, 2017

| B.R.P. Bhaskar
“Just Event Management”

Lok Satta founder-president Dr Jayaprakash Narayan on why he thinks Andhra's capital city plan is a skewed model.

Nov 09, 2015

| Outlook
That Darkness Still Stalks Our Dreams

Amid the beginnings of an attempt to stifle all dissent, the PM must remember JP, one of his gurus

Jun 30, 2014

| M.G. Devasahayam
Agitprop Lec-Dems

‘Student politics’ still elicits frowns, but don’t miss its creative force

Jul 01, 2013

| Madhavi Tata
A Call To Order

Revile not politics. Reform it instead. And the first step towards it? Cast a vote for proportional representation.

Jul 23, 2012

| Jayaprakash Narayan
Who’ll Dress The Wounds?

Private healthcare being what it is, a viable national public health system is now crucial

Jun 25, 2012

| Jayaprakash Narayan
The Greatest Indian After Gandhi

Who, after the Mahatma, is the greatest Indian to have walked our soil?

Jun 18, 2012

| Outlook
1974... Is This Really As Real?

The raging storm for Anna has past parallels: in its flaring up, and probable blowing out

Sep 05, 2011

| Sheela Reddy
History As Entertainment

The most interesting country in the world has produced historians who are earnest, historians who are studious, historians who are dull. Let's get beyond their petty battles, to present history not as ideology, but as fun.

Aug 23, 2004

| Ramachandra Guha
In Search Of A Lost Revolution

The corrupt Indian democracy would do good to remember JP's ideals on his birth centenary

Oct 14, 2002

| Ajit Bhattacharjea