Jayprakash Narayan’s Concept of Total Revolution

Abstract

The fact is that Jayaprakash Narayan's idea of change was not limited to political shift and rather than it was aimed at transforming the whole system. However, he was the strongest supporter of democratic means and fundamental rights. It was his credibility someone endowed with fierce selflessness, public spirit, and above all, the desire for empowerment of the masses that brought people in droves to him. They all listened to him in rapt attention. He had left a permanent imprint for his revolutionary role and was much acclaimed for his democratic humanitarian views like socialism, Sarvodaya, party less democracy and total revolution. The clarion call for ‘Total Revolution’ was the last revolutionary quest of Jayaprakash Narayan. In the post independence era, total revolution was the only indigenous revolution; others have been more in the form of agitation and protest. The present research paper highlights Jayaprakash Narayan’s concept of total revolution.