Practicing Success
Who gave the call for Total Revolution during the Student Protest in Bihar? |
Morar Ji Desai Charu Majumdar Jayaprakash Narayan Indira Gandhi |
Jayaprakash Narayan |
The correct answer is Option (3) - Jayaprakash Narayan In March 1974 students came together in Bihar to protest against rising prices, food scarcity, unemployment and corruption. After a point they invited Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who had given up active politics and was involved in social work, to lead the student movement. Jayaprakash Narayan demanded the dismissal of the Congress government in Bihar and gave a call for total revolution in the social, economic and political spheres in order to establish what he considered to be true democracy. A series of bandhs, gehraos, and strikes were organised in protest against the Bihar government. The government, however, refused to resign. The slogan of the Bihar movement, 1974- Sampoorna Kranti ab nara hai, bhai itihas hamara hai [With Total Revolution as our motto, the future belongs to us]. |