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Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (listen ⓘ; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and Lok Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian politician, theorist and independence activist.
Jayaprakash Narayan with his wife Radha, at Shamshabad International Airport, Hyderabad. Jayaprakash Narayana was born on 14 January 1956, in Naghbir, Maharashtra into a Telugu speaking family of Venkateswara Rao and Balamma. His father was a Railway employee.
The group declared to form a political party and contest in the upcoming elections. Though the movement initially started in Andhra Pradesh, it later spread across the country. Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan says that democracy is for the people, of the people and by the people. Lok Satta is a registered society whose membership is open and available ...
Lok Satta Party was founded with the realisation that entering into politics is the only option to bring about fundamental changes in the system and a new political culture. [ citation needed ] It grew rapidly, amassing over 30,000 members in the Greater Hyderabad region and over 60,000 members in unified Andhra Pradesh before it became a ...
The Bihar movement, also known as the JP movement, was a political movement initiated by students in the Indian state of Bihar against misrule and corruption in the state government, in 1974. It was led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP.
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. [4] It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J. B. Kripalani (former president of the Indian National Congress and a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru).
JP, Lohia & Benipuri at Kisan Sabha CSP Patna Rally, August 1936. The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress.It was founded in 1934 by Congress members who rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India towards the Congress.
Jayaprakash Narayan was a Gandhian leader in India after independence. [3] When Indira Gandhi was found guilty of violating electoral laws by the Allahabad High Court, Narayan called for her to resign, and advocated a program of social transformation. He asked the military and police to disregard unconstitutional and immoral orders.