Who is the most unfortunate Indian politician of all time?

Thinking more contemporary, Dr Jayaprakash Narayan (not to be confused with the Loknayak) is who comes to my mind when I read the question.

- Path breaking accomplishment as a civil servant for 17 years.

- Key achievements as a social reformist, including two constitutional amendments.

- Co author of several important acts such as RTI, & National Health Commission.

- Workable and balanced version of Lokpal bill (the then PM Manmohan Singh mentioned about his version in Parliament).

- Outstanding performance as an MLA.

- Inspirational speech and suggestion of valued amendments to the Telangana bill amidst chaos (several leaders ranging from Venkaiah Naidu, to Jairam Ramesh openly thanked JP for his key recommendations).

- Visionary agenda as MP contestant in 2014 general elections.

What is the result ?

Physical attack -

Verbal attack ( both in Telangana and Andra Pradesh) -

Loss of deposit in 2014 MP elections against a rich man who spent crores of money to buy votes and against another man accused of murder.

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