The main causes for the student agitation in Bihar were rise of food prices, growing corruption at administrative level, non-implementation of developmental policies, lacks of jobs and social mobility of oppressed classes. The students rallied around Jai Prakash Narayan to lead the agitation. Jai Prakash Narayan had although given up active politics by then but he asserted the various conditions to lead the movement that the movement should remain non-violent and that the movement will not limit itself to Bihar but spread in the whole country. He called for the total revolution of Indian politics. Jai Prakash Narayan held several protests and bandhs. He conducted one of the largest protests against the government and received support from the opposition parties.
