Vice-President Radhakrishnan pays tribute to Lok Nayak JP at Sitab Diara on his 123rd birth anniversary
On 11 October 2025 Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his 123rd birth anniversary at Sitab Diara, Bihar, visiting JP's ancestral home and National Memorial in Saran district.
Summary
On 11 October 2025 Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his 123rd birth anniversary at Sitab Diara, Bihar, where he visited JP's ancestral home and National Memorial in Saran district. He called JP the 'conscience keeper of Indian democracy', recalled his call for Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution) in the 1970s as a revolution of ideas rather than arms, his role in the Bhoodan Movement, and that JP declined high offices and placed Lok Shakti (people's power) above Rajya Shakti (state power). The Vice-President said he had been part of the Total Revolution Movement at 19 as District General Secretary in Coimbatore, and also acknowledged JP's wife Prabhavati Devi.
Key facts
- Occasion
- JP's 123rd birth anniversary — 11 Oct 2025
- Place
- Sitab Diara, Saran district, Bihar — ancestral home and National Memorial
- Visitor
- Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan
- JP's ideas
- Sampoorna Kranti; Lok Shakti above Rajya Shakti; Bhoodan role
- JP's wife
- Prabhavati Devi
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Which birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan was marked on 11 October 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 123rd
PIB: the Vice-President said the 123rd birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan was an occasion to celebrate an ideal that placed the nation above self.
Jayaprakash Narayan's ancestral home and National Memorial at Sitab Diara, visited by the Vice-President in October 2025, are in which district of Bihar?
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Correct answer: D — Saran
PIB: the Vice-President visited the ancestral home and National Memorial of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan in Saran district.