Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana

This article is about the Indian politician . For the late Indian freedom fighter and politician, see Jayaprakash Narayan.

Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana


President, Lok Satta Party,
MLA, Andhra Pradesh, India
In office 2009–2014
Constituency	Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-14) 14 January 1956 Andhra Pradesh
Spouse(s)	Radha
Children	Snigdha (daughter) Siddharth (son)

Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana (born 14 January 1956), also known as J.P., is an Indian former politician^[1]IAS. A former physician, J.P. is a political reformer and columnist. He is the founder and the President of Lok Satta Party, and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Kukatpally constituency Andhra Pradesh in south India.^[2] In May 2014, he contested from Malkajgiri as an Member of Parliament and lost

Narayan is the founder of Lok Satta Party,and is also the founder and General Secretary of Foundation for Democratic Reforms, an independent public-policy think-tank and research-resource centre.^[3]

A former Indian public administrator, well known for his role in electoral reforms and the Right to Information (RTI) act. He has also written columns in Indian newspapers, such as Times of India, The Economic Times, Financial Express, The Hindu and Eenadu, and hosted television shows covering elections and politics such as "Pratidhwani".

Early life

Jayaprakash Narayan with his wife Radha, at Shamshabad International Airport, Hyderabad

Jayaprakash Narayana was born on 14 January 1956, in Naghbir, Maharashtra into a Telugu speaking family, and was raised in Godavarru Village from the age of 3, near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, and pursued his education in Telugu Medium. Then after the age of 7, he along with his parents moved to another village, Vemanda near Indupally, Krishna Dist. He joined Andhra Loyola College in 1969 for his intermediate education. He obtained his medical degree from Guntur Medical College.

Civil service

Narayan joined public administration after making it to I.A.S. in 1980 standing All India Rank 5. He worked on agriculture, irrigation, technology and youth rehabilitation projects in various capacities and in various districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Some of his achievements during his 16-year-long career in government include:^[4]

As Joint Collector, he created full and permanent employment for 8,000 youth from displaced families of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
As Collector of East Godavari District, he spearheaded the reconstruction of drainage and irrigation network in Krishna, [Prakasam] and Godavari deltas.
As Collector of Prakasam district, he successfully mobilized farmers on a large scale to take up irrigation schemes to bring a record two lakh acres under irrigation.
He strengthened the credit cooperatives by making them independent of government control.
served as a Secretary to both the Governor Krishna Kant and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N.T. Rama Rao.

He also has several major policy initiatives to his credit.

Empowerment of parents in schools.
Speedy justice through rural courts.
Economic reforms and restructuring of AP.
Development of the Infocity HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City) in Hyderabad to facilitate the growth of the software industry.
Empowerment of local governments and stakeholders.
The much acclaimed law for self-reliant cooperatives (1995).

Social reforms

Narayan's experience in the government convinced him that the faulty governance process is the biggest hurdle in India’s path of progress and Indians achieving greater success. What India needs today is a fundamental change in the rules of the game and not a periodic change of players. In order to translate his vision into practical reality, he resigned from the I.A.S in 1996 so that he could work on the grassroots movement for good governance.^[5]^[6] Narayan talked about the efficacy of reforms in the governance and the economy of Andhra Pradesh 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.

Political and administrative reforms

Narayan has served on the following panels:

the National Advisory Council (NAC) for the implementation of the National Common Minimum Programme (CMP), July 2004 through August 2006
Vigilance Advisory Council, constituted by the Central Vigilance Commission, November 2004
Second Administrative Reforms Commission constituted by the Government of India in September 2005
National Rural Health Mission of India Task Force, 2005 to 2007.

Foundation For Democratic Reforms

Narayan is the founder member of Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR) and currently serves as its general secretary. FDR is one of India's leading think-tanks and research-resource centers for formulating and promoting fundamental reforms in political, electoral and governance spheres and in critical areas of state policy.

Lok Satta Movement

Main article: Lok Satta Movement

Narayan started the Lok Satta Movement in 1996 to educate the citizens of India about voting, rights and government. Lok Satta, a non-partisan movement for democratic reforms in India, worked on various activities^[4] like election reforms, police reforms, right to information act and voter registration procedures. The movement initially started in Andhra Pradesh and later spread across the country, including Mumbai and the Vote JUHU campaigns.^[7]

Lok Satta has emerged as India’s leading civil society initiative for governance reforms and is at the forefront of key initiatives like disclosure of candidate wealth and criminal history details, political funding reform, decriminalization of politics, improvement of electoral registration, comprehensive judicial reforms including local courts and national judicial commission and citizen's charters.

Lok Satta movement has also been a the driving force in achieving the following governance reforms in recent years, among others:

Substantial reduction in short delivery of petroleum products in all retail outlets (1998 – 2003)
Significant improvements in voter registration (1999 – till date).
Disclosure of candidate details, and the disclosure law (2003).
Political funding reform law of 2003 in the wake of Tehelka expose.
Strengthening the anti-defection provisions (X Schedule changes, 2003).
Limiting the size of Council of Ministers (91st Amendment, 2003).
Right to Information Act, 2005.
National Rural Health Mission (2005).
Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2009.
The Lokpal Act, 2011.
Cancellation of 122 licences of 2-G spectrum by Supreme Court, and revision of policy to ensure allocation of all natural resources through competitive bidding (2012).
97th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing autonomy to cooperatives (2012).
121st Amendment creating National Judicial Appointments Commission (2015).

Political career

Narayan started the Lok Satta party on 2 October 2006 with clean politics, good governance and improvement of India as the main goals. When he launched the party, he stated that this party aimed to enrich the political scenario in India with its true spirit. He felt that it could be considered as an alternative to any other political party, since it aimed to create a true and faithful political picture in India without involving illegitimate money, liquor and caste in elections.

2008 By-elections

In 2008, the Lok Satta Party ran in the Assembly by-elections for the first time, and was able to secure second place in two of the four places (Khiratabad,Terlam) it contested seats.^[8]

Andhra Pradesh 13th Assembly

Narayan is one of the vocal leaders in assembly proceedings. Some of the major contributions to Andhra Pradesh 13th assembly are:

proposed the Anti Corruption Bill to amend the State's Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, to curb corruption in the state by including elected members under civil servants.^[9]
advanced all party resolution to elect deputy speaker from opposition;
opposed amendment to Andhra Pradesh Societies Act claiming that it is against the right to form unions as per the Constitution;^[10]
opposed populist schemes in 2009, 2010^[11]^[12] and 2011^[13] Andhra Pradesh Budgets.
pressed the need for gas grid and industrial development;
condemned the demolition of statues on Tankbund;^[14]
demanded investigation into land and natural resource allocation scams and provided evidences.^[15]

Felicitations

Narayan has been felicitated with several laurels. These include:

Honored with the "Rotary Manav Seva Award 2002" for his crusade against corruption.
Awarded the "Yudhvir Memorial Award 2002" for his outstanding contribution to the cause of good governance.
Awarded the "Dr. Rustam D.Ranji Rotary Award" by Rotary Club of India.
Awarded the "D. Ch. Tirupathi Raju Memorial Award 2004"
Honored with prestigious "Dr. Pinnamaneni Sita Devi Foundation Award".
Honored with the "Bharat Asmita Jana Jagran Shreshta" - in the area of Public Awakening.
Felicitated by the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association, Hyderabad in recognition for his contribution to the growth of IT industry.

Participation in national panels

Dr Jayaprakash Narayan has served on several national panels. Notable among them are:

National Advisory Council (NAC), 2004- 2006.
Vigilance Advisory Council constituted by the Central Vigilance Commission, 2004 – 2008.
Second Administrative Reforms Commission constituted by the Government of India from 2005 – 2007.

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