| Dr Jayaprakash Narayana | |
|---|---|
| Place of birth: | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Movement: | Lok Satta movement, vote India, vote Mumbai, combat corruption |
| Major organizations: | Lok Satta organisation, Lok Satta Party |
Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan (Telugu: జయప్రకాష్ నారయణ్ ; 1953 - ), widely known as JP, is currently a MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) from Kukatpally constituency in Andhra Pradesh and the president of Lok Satta (party).[1] He is also a former Indian public administrator, social reformer and columnist.[2] He is well known for his role in bringing electoral reforms and for his columns on democracy in leading Indian daily newspapers.
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[edit]Early life
Jaya Prakash Narayan was born on Jan 14th, 1956 in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. He was raised in Maharashtra in the early years. He went to Telugu Medium government schools in Godavarru in Krishna District. He joined Andhra Loyola College in 1969 for his intermediate education. He obtained his medical degree from Guntur Medical college.
[edit]Career[3]
[edit]Early career
Jayaprakash Narayan, is a physician, joined public administration after passing I.A.S. in 1980 standing all India second. He worked on agriculture, irrigation, technology and youth rehabilitation projects in various capacities in various districts of Andhra Pradesh. He had an eventful 16-year-long career in the government. Some of his achievements include:
- Rehabilitation of 8000 youth from displaced families of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
- Designing the reconstruction of drainage and irrigation network in Krishna and Godavari deltas.
- Strengthening the credit cooperatives and making them independent of government control.
Dr JP was involved in formulating major policy initiatives such as developing an Info‑City in Hyderabad to facilitate the growth of the software industry. Hi‑Tech City, which has grown into one of the most prominent IT hubs of India.
He also served on the following panels.
- The National Advisory Council (NAC) for the implementation of the National Common Minimum Programme
- Vigilance Advisory Council
- Second Administrative Reforms Commission constituted by the Government of India
[edit]Social reformer
In spite of achievements as Indian administration officer, Dr. JP’s experience in government convinced him that faulty governance process is the biggest hurdle in India’s path of progress. He resigned from the I.A.S in 1996, as he wanted to work on grass roots for good governance. [4][5]Jayaprakash, an optimistic individual, talks about the efficacy of reforms in the governance among several other issues on various platforms in educational and political institutes. He emphasizes that democracy is for the people, of the people and by the people.
[edit]Political career
Jayaprakash Narayan started Lok Satta Movement (means people power) in 1997 to educate citizens of India about voting, rights and government. Lok Satta, along with similar organizations worked on various activities like election reforms, police reforms and voter registration procedures. The movement initially started in Andhra Pradesh and later spread across the country, including Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and the Vote JUHU campaigns[6]
He has also written columns in Indian news papers like Times of India, Economic Times, Financial Express, The Hindu and Eenadu. He also worked as Television host for political programs and election coverage shows.
He started the Lok Satta political party in 2006 with clean politics and good governance as the main agenda. While launching the political party, he stated that this party aimed to enrich the political scenario in India with its true spirit and felt that it would be considered as an alternative to any other political party, since it aimed to create a true and faithful political picture in India.
[edit]2008 Byelections
Lok Satta (party) contested in 2008 in the Assembly by-elections for the first time, and was able to secure second place in one of the four places (Khairatabad) it contested from. [7].
[edit]2009 Elections
His party, Lok Satta, contested again in the 249 Legislative Assembly seats in 2009 general elections. Jayaprakash Narayan himself contested from Kukatpally, and won with 15,000 votes majority over the nearest opponent. His victory is quoted as "the victory of people" as he won the election without distributing money or liquor. In his victory speech, he mentioned that his immediate priorities were improve basic amenities, drinking water, sewage and provide institutional plan for education and health care, if the government was willing and work for empowering people in Kukatpally and replicating it elsewhere.[8]
[edit]Personal life
Jayapraksh Nararyan is married to Radha and they have a son and a daughter.
[edit]References
- ^ http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=60
- ^ http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=60
- ^ http://www.arc.gov.in/jp.htm
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/28/stories/2009032855451500.htm
- ^ http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm81.htm
- ^ Welcome to Vote Mumbai
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/24/stories/2009032457370200.htm
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/18/stories/2009051858830600.htm
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