While the Indian National Congress chose to largely ignore the birth centenary celebrations of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, PM Narendra Modi, the Telangana government and several other individuals and institutions paid handsome tributes to the man who ensured a spectacular turnaround for India’s economy and adopted tough measures to safeguard the country’s unity and integrity.
Narasimha Rao became prime minister in June 1991, when the country was passing through several crises. His predecessor government had pledged gold to a foreign bank to raise $200 million to tide over a foreign exchange crisis and the economic outlook looked grim.