VICE PRESIDENT
RELEASES BOOK ON JP
The Vice President
Shri Krishna Kant has released the biography of Loknayak Jayprakash
Narayan at a function here today. Brought out by Publications
Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the
book is a tribute to the great leader in his birth centenary year.
Releasing the book, Shri Krishna Kant said that Jaiprakash Narayan
was a natural leader. It is the natural leadership only that attracts
natural public support. He said the complexities of modern politics
creates wedge between leadership and the people. This might get
short-term success but creates barriers.
The
Home Minister Shri L.K.Advani who was presiding over the function
said that by remembering JP we assert our commitment to democracy.
The freedom of expression is most essential for enduring a democratic
system, he said.
Speaking
on the occasion, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting,
Smt. Sushma Swaraj said that JP’s movement of ‘Sampoorna Kranti’
was aimed at the change of system and not for political change.
Recalling her association with JP, Smt. Swaraj said that his advice
was ‘to treat political power as an opportunity to serve’.
The
author, Shri Shailendra Nath Shrivastava, who is a former Member
of Parliament and was closely associated with JP’s movement said
that had there been no JP there would have been no democracy in
India today. He said JP staked his life for the sake of democracy.
The new generation which has not known JP and his times, would
be able to know him through this book, he said.
It
is almost 30 years since the country woke up to Jayprakash Narayan’s
call for ‘Total Revolution’. "Sampoorna Kranti ab nara hai,
Bhavi itihaas hamara hai"; during the mid-seventies, this
slogan drew millions out on the streets rallying behind the ‘Loknayak’
in what is also known as our second war for independence. JP’s
life was a life of crusades. First it was the freedom movement
– he was one of the leading lights of the Quit India Movement
– then came a long spell of his association with movements like
‘Bhoodan’ and ‘Sarvodaya’ and finally the tumultuous phase of
the nineteen seventies which was a testing time for the Indian
democracy.This book gives an insight into the various phases of
this crusade. It is part of Publications Division’s Builders of
Modern India Series, which includes biographies of important Indian
leaders, who have contributed to the building of modern India.
