In many big newspapers, a full-page advertisement was published saying 'Telangana's son… India's pride', in many newspapers even on the front page. But on the birth centenary of former Prime Minister of India PV Narasimha Rao, these advertisements were published not by his political party Congress, but by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which is running the government in Telangana.
TRS has announced a year-long program on the birth centenary of PV Narasimha Rao and demanded Bharat Ratna for Rao, for which a resolution will be passed in Telangana Assembly, according to a press release issued by the Chief Minister's Office. '.
Two important leaders of the Congress party, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Home Minister P Chidambaram paid tribute to Rao, who was the Finance Minister in PV Narasimha Rao's government, paid tribute to him as usual and said, 'Under his leadership' We took important steps in the field of economic and foreign policy,' while Chidambaram remembered him as a man 'who played a key role in taking the country forward on the path of prosperity and self-reliance.
The Congress party also called Narasimha Rao a 'visionary leader' in a tweet on Sunday, and Rahul Gandhi also remembered him in a post, but only Sonia Gandhi's silence in this matter raised many questions from many sides.
However, the Telangana unit of the Congress party also says that as per the instructions of party chief Sonia Gandhi, it is going to organize a year-long program on the occasion of the birth centenary of the former prime minister and a committee will be formed for this soon.
But the reason for the Congress's late wake-up call for the centenary of one of its most important leaders has not been completely hidden from the public, and local news media and social media recall the incidents when Sonia 'Lobby' In 1996, Narasimha Rao was forced to step down from the post of President and was replaced by Sitaram Kesari.
Speaking at the release of Rasheed Kidwai's book '24, Akbar Road', Sanjay Baru, a well-known journalist and former media advisor to Manmohan Singh, recalled how the Congress did not even allow a senior leader to be cremated in Delhi. And Narasimha Rao's family was forced to take his body to Hyderabad. This correspondent was also present as an audience in that book release in Delhi.
In his book 1991: How PV Narasimha Rao Made History, Sanjaya Baru has written extensively about the life of the former Prime Minister.
Bharatiya Janata Party's national spokesperson Sudesh Verma says that the Congress party has always ignored its leaders who have not been from the Nehru-Gandhi family – be it Vallabhbhai Patel, or Lal Bahadur Shastri or now Narasimha Rao, and especially But they have certainly been sidelined, who have tried to challenge the exclusive rule of the Nehru-Gandhi family in the party.
While being the party president, Rao had talked about holding organizational elections in the Congress and it is said in many places that he tried to isolate Sonia Gandhi in the party.
Tehseen Poonawalla, a close acquaintance of the Congress when no message of any kind from Sonia Gandhi arrives at the time of the birth century, says, "If the Congress on its part or Rahul Gandhi has paid tribute to former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, then She must have done this only at the behest of Sonia Gandhi because she is the president of the party and Sonia Gandhi does not have a Twitter handle, so how would she have conveyed a message on social media on her behalf.
Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "BJP talk is rubbish, Rao was one of the great personalities of India and I have great respect for him."
Tehseen Poonawalla said, "BJP should tell what they are doing with their leaders – LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Shanta Kumar, Yashwant Sinha; All of them have been important leaders of the party but are out today because Narendra Modi does not like them. Those who watch politics still remember what happened after Govindadacharya, who was one of the prominent leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, after the masked statement of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
A leader associated with Congress says that BJP does not have an icon, so it is trying to present itself as its people by praising Sardar Patel, BR Ambedkar, Shastri Ji and now Narasimha Rao.
Those who know the Congress believe that apart from the tension with the Nehru-Gandhi family, the party has been uneasy about the entire role of Narasimha Rao in the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the scandals that took place during his time, for the first time in the history of India, are undeniable. The person accused the Prime Minister that money has been sent to him by filling in suitcases.
TRS has also talked about the movement of Narasimha Rao against the rule of Nizam of Hyderabad but the party chief Chandrashekhar Rao does not stop praising the Nizam.
When Media asked this question to party MP Narsaiah Gaur, he said that there is no need to always remember the negative things of everyone, it is also a fact that the Nizam thought about the roads, from the hospital to the dam which is today They are also being used for the people of Telangana and we need to remember that.
Regarding the question raised on the role of Narasimha Rao in the Babri Masjid demolition case, Gaur said that the foundation stone of the Ram temple in Ayodhya was laid during the time of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, that too should not be forgotten.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister of Telangana has sent a letter to Prime Minister Modi demanding that the Central University of Hyderabad be named after Narasimha Rao. TRS is talking of installing the statue of the former prime minister in several cities, publishing his books and issuing a souvenir in his name.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said that Rao was neither a liberal person bringing economic nor social change, but he was part of the selfish politics of the Congress which has been full of deceit and does not deserve any praise.
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