Jayprakash Narain, You Did Not Do It Right

Did your morality allow you to leave The revolution midway, Doing the ground work, Give a match To the spark As for Indira's autocracy and iron will, But to push the nation Into the flames of the civil war, Burning in and out On brink of the division of society Between the backwards and forwards, The reservationists andd anti-reservationists Fighting pitched battles, was it, Was it good for the nation, Jayprakash, Say you? You turned the godfather, the pioneer of the movement, In your lead against Indira And leaving it midway, Turned into Lokmanya, But as a result of your lead, The intellectuals and good left thy away politics, Took to sanyasa from As for your fellows, The immature students, fools, illiterates, Lathimen, rustics, milkmaids, cowboys, Herdsmen, palm-juice-sellers, barbers, Washermen, vegetable-sellers, Oil-pressures, forestmen, Astrologers, horoscope-makers, soothsayers, Peons, watchmen, Paan-sellers, beedi-sellers, Bhangeris, ganjeris, darpiyas, Loafers and roamers All turned into M.L.As. and M.Ps. And this too not, Ministers in charge Of state and central level affairs.