It had broadly three goals: the resignation of the Chief Minister; the dissolution of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly; and the social reconstruction.

The internal politics of the party resulted in Chimanbhai Patel becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat in July 1973 replacing Ghanshyam Oza.

[1] On 20 December 1973, the students of L. D. College of Engineering in Ahmedabad went on strike in protest against a 20% hike in hostel food fees.

The protesting students formed the committee and met the Chief Minister regarding their demands of the reduction in food fees and the police brutality.

[4] On 10 January 1974, 14th August Shramjivi Samiti, a committee formed from the 62 employee unions of private sectors and government offices, organised general strike against the inflation and corruption.

[1] By mid-January 1974, students, lawyers and professors organised and formed a lead committee, later known as the Nav Nirman Yuvak Samiti, to voice their grievances and guide the protests.

On 29 January 1974, the Police Commissioner Office issued warrants against them which was challenged in the Gujarat High Court three days later.

The High Court gave interim relief to the leaders and asked the Police Commissioner to not arrest until the next hearing.

[1] Due to the pressure of the protests, Indira Gandhi, then the Prime Minister of India, asked Chimanbhai Patel to resign.

[3][4][8] Consequently, the students sought the resignation of the members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) of ruling party as they believed that they are also responsible for the corruption.

Total 214 students went to New Delhi to dialogue with senior Congress (R) leaders but were arrested and jailed for a week for organising protest against the parliament.

[1] The violent protest methods included arson and vandalism of public and private properties, looting and stone-pelting.

Janata Morcha; the coalition of Congress (O), Jan Sangh, Praja Socialist Party (PSP) and Lok Dal; won 88 seats and Babubhai J. Patel became the new chief minister.

[2][4] On 12 June 1975, the court verdict on Indira Gandhi's electoral malpractice was declared which disqualify her from the parliament and thus she imposed the Emergency.

[5] This ultimately provoked the anti-Mandal riots in 1985, which helped the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat.

[2] The agitation helped local leaders of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its student organization ABVP to establish themselves in politics.

[2] The Navnirman movement reflected the anger of middle-class people and students at the prevalent economic crisis and corruption in government.