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United News of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- United News of India
JP had made call for total revolution from Bihar : Rai
Patna, June 5 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and senior BJP leader Nityanand Rai said that great freedom fighter and revolutionary Jaiprakash Narayan had given the call for total revolution from the land of Bihar to protest the dictatorial government of Congress in the mid-seventies. Rai, while speaking on the occasion of "Sampoorna Kranti Diwas ", said that Congress, in blatant disregard of the will of the people, had imposed emergency and arrested opposition leaders. Under the leadership of Jaiprakash Narain, youths and students had launched such a powerful movement that shook the very foundation of the Congress regime, he added. Many young lives were sacrificed during the struggle for the restoration of democracy, he further added. " JP had given the call for total revolution on June 5, 1974 from historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna during his massive public meeting ", Rai recalled. BJP leader pointed out that some leaders who once stood shoulder to shoulder with J P, eventually betrayed his ideals and sided with Congress to enjoy the power. RJD leader Lalu Prasad was one such leader who not only betrayed JP but also the very spirit of democracy and the total Revolution, he added. " Lalu's actions proved that both Congress and RJD share the same political character—marked by scams, dynasty politics, corruption, and divisive politics ", he stressed. BJP leader further said that Congress and RJD, together, ruined Bihar, making it weak and tarnishing its image. Bihar would never forgive Lalu for betraying JP. Tejashwi Yadav was also part of the same legacy, and the people of Bihar were well aware of it, he maintained. Taking a sharp dig at Rahul Gandhi, Rai said that the Congress party had always followed a policy of surrender. Be it before terrorists or on matters of national security, Congress had repeatedly bowed down, he pointed out. He criticized Rahul Gandhi for using terms like 'surrender,' stating that such language dishonoured the sacrifice and valour of the armed forces. People would give a befitting reply to Congress in the next Bihar assembly elections, he warned. UNI KKS BD
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
CM, NDA netas pay tribute to JP on Sampoorna Kranti Diwas
Patna: CM Nitish Kumar and other NDA netas on Thursday paid floral tributes to the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) near Gandhi Maidan to mark the Sampoorna Kranti Diwas (Total Revolution Day). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now JP had given a clarion call for total revolution in society on June 5, 1974, while addressing a big rally at Gandhi Maidan here. At the state function, the CM also interacted with those who had participated in the JP's movement. State assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, deputy CMs Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, as well as ministers, including Vijay Kumar Choudhary also paid tributes to the great leader. JP was an eminent freedom fighter and among the founders of the Congress Socialist Party. He had also actively participated in the Quit India Movement, and in the post-Independence period, led the Sarvodaya movement, besides leading the 1974 students' stir against the then Congress and PM Indira Gandhi that ultimately led to the imposition of Emergency on June 25, 1975. In their separate statements, state BJP chief Dilip Kumar Jaiswal and deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary also paid tributes to JP, besides taking a dig at RJD chief Lalu Prasad for aligning with the Congress.
