"I bow to the venerable Loknayak JP on his Jayanti. His unflinching courage & righteousness continue to inspire every Indian,' the Prime Minister's tweet read.
Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP or Loknayak, was also a theorist and a political leader, who is responsible for the fall of Indira Gandhi's government in the mid 1970's.
I bow to the venerable Loknayak JP on his Jayanti. His unflinching courage & righteousness continue to inspire every Indian. pic.twitter.com/xNcWULdCp9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 11, 2017
He is also considered as the political mentor of present leaders from Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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