It’s a laudable decision that CM of TS KCR, Government, decided to celebrate the birth centenary of our former prime minister Sri Narasimha Rao. He was a polyglot, polymath, and a proud son of Telugu soil (Telangana), who led a full five-year term despite having no full-fledged majority but by winning hearts of opposition with his soft, shrewd, stoic and strategic silence. It is not very often that destiny chooses certain leaders, and Narasimha Rao Ji was one such favourite child of destiny, who rose from a very humble background to become the architect of economic reforms, virtually reinvent India both at home and abroad. However, it’s ironic, that a man of such extraordinary erudition, political sagacity, and multifaceted accomplishments had to face humiliation in his twilight years and denial of dignity even in death by his party for which he had given his life.
Shekar Gupta, a senior Journalist who had close access to Mr. Rao as PM wrote in 2017” Rao was punished by the middle class for keeping the BJP out of power for full 5 years, why else would it hate someone who gave them so much, through economic reforms? Similarly, he was punished by the Congress party for keeping the Gandhi family out of power. For daring to believe that he could lead the party, and keep it in power, whatever the cost, in the absence of an active Nehru or Gandhi. It is for this sin that the very party that should have been so grateful to him now wants the law to take its course and would have celebrated his convictions and later did not allow his body to be brought into its HQs” Given his politically successful and administratively historic stint as PM, PV deserves a thankful recognition from his political alma-matter -The INC. The 100th year of his birth gives more than a century old party a chance to regret and recognise his contributions as Union Minister for decades, and silent but vibrant PM for half a decade. Its time for the High Command to apologise for its ingratitude.
Against this backdrop of situation, it’s commendable that both Centre and State Govts have reacted positively at last. If you recall, in 2014, TRS announced that his birth anniversary would be celebrated as a state festival. Now it has decided to organise year-long celebrations not only in the state but in over 50 places across the globe. TS CM, KCR’s announcement that he would request PM Modi Ji, to confer the “Bharat Ratna” posthumously on the latter’s predecessor PV. The 1991 economic liberalisation , abolition of license -permit raj, which his astute leadership is best known for, helped lift millions out of poverty. Since the whole world knows how he was sidelined, Modi Ji must look beyond party lines and confer the highest civilian honor upon him.
Shekar Gupta, a senior Journalist who had close access to Mr. Rao as PM wrote in 2017” Rao was punished by the middle class for keeping the BJP out of power for full 5 years, why else would it hate someone who gave them so much, through economic reforms? Similarly, he was punished by the Congress party for keeping the Gandhi family out of power. For daring to believe that he could lead the party, and keep it in power, whatever the cost, in the absence of an active Nehru or Gandhi. It is for this sin that the very party that should have been so grateful to him now wants the law to take its course and would have celebrated his convictions and later did not allow his body to be brought into its HQs” Given his politically successful and administratively historic stint as PM, PV deserves a thankful recognition from his political alma-matter -The INC. The 100th year of his birth gives more than a century old party a chance to regret and recognise his contributions as Union Minister for decades, and silent but vibrant PM for half a decade. Its time for the High Command to apologise for its ingratitude.
Against this backdrop of situation, it’s commendable that both Centre and State Govts have reacted positively at last. If you recall, in 2014, TRS announced that his birth anniversary would be celebrated as a state festival. Now it has decided to organise year-long celebrations not only in the state but in over 50 places across the globe. TS CM, KCR’s announcement that he would request PM Modi Ji, to confer the “Bharat Ratna” posthumously on the latter’s predecessor PV. The 1991 economic liberalisation , abolition of license -permit raj, which his astute leadership is best known for, helped lift millions out of poverty. Since the whole world knows how he was sidelined, Modi Ji must look beyond party lines and confer the highest civilian honor upon him.
