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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.
Under him is a hierarchy of officials drawn from the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, and other wings of the state civil services. The Chief Justice heads the judiciary. Bihar has a High Court that has been functioning since 1916. All of the government headquarters are situated in the state capital Patna.
The new JP-led government reversed many Emergency-era decrees and opened official investigations into Emergency-era abuses. Although several major foreign policy and economic reforms were attempted, continuous in-fighting and ideological differences made the Janata government unable to effectively address national problems.
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.
In March–April 1974, a student agitation by the Bihar Chatra Sangharsh Samiti received the support of Gandhian socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, referred to as JP, against the Bihar government. In April 1974, in Patna, JP called for "total revolution," asking students, peasants, and labour unions to non-violently transform Indian society. He ...
[2] [6] He was also liked by the socialists due to his participation in JP's 1974 anti-Congress agitations. [6] Born in 1923 in Bihar's Buxar, Mishra was a lifelong bachelor. [6] On his death in 2012 at the age of 89, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy and senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi visited his residence to pay condolence. [3]
Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) ... Government, later Opposition 1998: 19 / 54. 1 Government 1999: 23 / 54. 4 Government 2004: 5 / 40. 18 Opposition
He is the Minister of Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs in the Bihar Cabinet under Nitish Kumar. [1] [2] [3] His political career started from JP Movement and has been an MLA from Nalanda constituency since 1995. He is the chief whip of Janata Dal (United) in Bihar Vidhan Sabha.