Rao's political leadership of India's economic turnaround and subsequent rise laid the foundations of a truly New and Rising India. Bharat Ratna to him now smacks of political opportunism
Neither Singh nor Modi, both of whom can claim to have taken the economy forward on a path laid out by Rao have bothered to use their decade in office to honour their distinguished predecessor
At the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, the focus of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple has thrust India into the limelight. You can tell there is an election in the air. Lakhs of lamps will be lit in Ayodhya.