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TopicJayaprakash Narayan

Topic: Jayaprakash Narayan

Bihar is ripe for civil disobedience over electoral roll revision. 50 yrs ago, JP showed the way

As doubts grow about India’s election system being weaponised to facilitate stealing of people’s mandate, it won't be long before ‘civil disobedience’ call reverberates across the country.

‘Why Emergency?’—1975 Home Ministry white paper in Parliament gave reasons

An MHA document from 1975 lists the incidents in the run-up to Emergency—from Morarji Desai's demand for dissolution of Gujarat Assembly to student agitation in Bihar and the railway strike.

JP wasn’t a saviour of Constitution. He called Mao his guru

A look at the events prior to the declaration of the Emergency reveals that it was the anti-Indira agitators, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, who brazenly acted against the Constitution.

The mystery of JP’s kidney failure continues. There was a purpose behind it

In ‘Emergency and Neo-Emergency, MG Devasahayam compares the period of Emergency to now. His interactions with Jayaprakash Narayan heavily inform the book.

Sardar Patel had many critics. Jayaprakash Narayan even blamed him for Gandhi assassination

Sardar Patel had many critics, but many of those detractors eventually came to appreciate his qualities, shedding their previous reservations.

People are losing hope and they feel nothing will come out of any govt: Jayaprakash Narayan

On 8 June 1969, Jayaprakash Narayan addressed the National Conference on Voluntary Agencies at the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi where he said he sympathised with Naxalites because they are 'doing something for the poor'.

The energy of Bharat Jodo Yatra now needs to fuel the next JP movement

Whether it's the state of economy or democracy, India needs Jayaprakash Narayan's 'Total Revolution' today more than it did in 1970s.

Modi govt is betraying Jayaprakash Narayan’s legacy by calling him its icon

What Nelson Mandela said about South Africa — The history of our country is characterised by too much forgetting — is truer in the case of India.

I fought corruption, communalism and 17 transfers under 3 Haryana CMs: Ex-IAS officer

I could not compromise the principles of democratic governance. So I took voluntary retirement in 1985 with 15 years of service left, writes MG Devasahayam.

In JP’s latest biography, a key question is missing—did he mainstream Jana Sangh?

At a discussion on a recently launched biography of Jayaprakash Narayan, panelists were of the view that the iconic leader’s dream of revolution remains alive.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?