RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD RELEASES BOOK
ON JP
The Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad has said that Indian democracy had been baptized during
the emergency and no politician will ever dare to proclaim emergency.
He said, India will always remain a democratic country and there
is no possibility of any military coup also.
Shri Prasad was releasing a book titled "India’s
Second Freedom – An Untold Saga" on the life of Lok Nayak
Jaya Prakash Narayan written by M. G. Devasahayam here today.
Shri Prasad who was a close follower of JP during those turbulent
years said that JP was a real ‘Rishi’ who declined the offer of
Prime Ministership three times and the opportunity to become the
President of India. He said, JP was dismayed by the role of intellectuals
who could not muster courage to oppose the draconian measure of
strangulating democracy through emergency.
Another aspect of Lok Nayak’s personality,
which Shri Prasad underlined was his great command over languages
both English and Hindi. The book, he said would go a long way
to remind the younger generations to inspire them and defend the
institution of democracy.
