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On Birth Anniversary, Modi Shares JP's Prison Diary as Vice President Honors Lok Nayak in Bihar

Leaders cast Jayaprakash Narayan’s legacy as a touchstone for democratic values rooted in his non-violent Total Revolution.

The idea of revolution is often synonymous with violence. But Jayaprakashji’s concept of Total Revolution was based on non-violence. (HT Archive)
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Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a tribute on X calling JP one of India’s most fearless voices of conscience and shared pages from his Emergency-era Prison Diary.
  • Modi said JP’s call for Sampoorna Kranti inspired mass movements in Bihar and Gujarat and asserted these shook the then Congress government that imposed the Emergency.
  • Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan visited JP’s native Sitab Diara, offered floral tributes, and toured the Smriti Bhavan and Prabhavati Library during a day-long Bihar visit.
  • Radhakrishnan praised JP’s moral authority and focus on people’s power, recalling his own youth involvement in the movement and lauding Prabhavati Devi’s role.
  • Reports revisited JP’s leadership of 1970s opposition, his detention during the Emergency documented in the Prison Diary, and his mass mobilisation from Ramlila Maidan that preceded the 1977 political shift.