HYDERABAD: Terming former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao as a visionary who put the country on the path of prosperity and self-reliance through his bold economic reforms, state
Congress president N
Uttam
Kumar Reddy announced that the party will celebrate Narasimha Rao’s centenary year in a befitting manner.
Uttam and other senior party leaders paid rich tributes to Narasimha Rao on his
99th birth anniversary
at Gandhi Bhavan on Sunday. Uttam also sought to ask TRS leaders to explain their ‘new-found love’ for Rao. He said that AICC president Sonia Gandhi has directed the party to organise the centenary celebrations on a grand scale. “A committee would be constituted to conduct various programmes as part of the celebrations. Family members of Rao would be invited to all the programmes,” he said.
Reiterating the demand for Bharat Ratna for Rao, the TPCC chief announced that he would raise this issue in the Parliament.
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