In 1971, JP uncle led the Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution) movement, urging my parents to join the fight against corruption, a period marked by significant political upheaval culminating in the Emergency. My father believed the Socialist movement should not be divided into ‘reformist’ parliamentary activity and ‘militant’ struggle. In February 1948, the Congress Socialist Party split from the Congress. My father played a significant role until the party merged with other groups to form the Janata Party in 1977. He was on the national executive during 1939-77 and was state president for many years. He won the Dehri-on-Sone seat in 1952 and became a leading opposition figure until 1962, serving as a Member of the Legislative Council from 1962 to 1968 and later as a cabinet minister in the 1967 coalition government. In 1977, he was re-elected and served as Cabinet Minister for Labour, Planning and Industry in the Janata Party government until his passing on April 7, 1989.