Return to Bihar politics
Jayaprakash Narayan returned to state politics in 1960s. On 8 April 1974, Jayaprakash, 72, led a silent procession at Patna against high inflation, unemployment and lack of supplies and essential commodities. The procession was lathi charged. On 5 June 1974, he addressed a large crowd at Gandhi Maidan in the state capital.
In 1974, he led the students' movement in the state which gradually developed into a popular people's movement known as the ‘Bihar Movement' or ‘JP Movement'.
Emergency
After Allahabad High Court held Indira Gandhi guilty of violating electoral laws, Jayaprakash Narayan launched a social transformation campaign and termed ‘Sampoorna Kraanti' (Total Revolution).
