The Relevance of Jaya Prakash Narayan’s Political Ideas to Reform Indian Democracy for Development for All: An Analysis

Abstract

Jayaprakash Narayan’s entire life was dedicated to establishing freedom and equality for all. He was not addicted to any ‘ism’ and never compromised with any injustice. JP worked as a socialist from 1932 to 1954. He had been the foremost leader and spokesman of Indian socialism. He used the concept of socialism blending with Gandhian Socialism for the Indian perspective. He gradually changed his political ideas to adjust to the necessity of the Indian polity. He became the torchbearer of Gandhiji’s ideas of peace, non-violence, and Gram Swaraj. JP strongly talked against the serious defects of parliamentary democracy and party politics. He tried his best to establish communitarian democracy which was more and more decentralized so that people can take part more and more in the administration for their development. He tried to transform ‘Rajniti’ into Lokniti to set up participatory democracy in India. This paper would focus his ideas to remake Indian democracy for the development of all.