BJP dredges up PV Narasimha Rao as Congress claims 'insult' to Manmohan Singh
Hindustan TimesReacting to the Congress's accusation that the Central government insulted ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by not allocating a spot for his memorial, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday dredged up former PM PV Narasimha Rao's funeral, claiming the Gandhi family has never accorded respect to non-Gandhi Congress politicians. Union minister Pralhad Joshi rejected the Congress accusation that the Centre insulted Manmohan Singh, the country's first Sikh prime minister, by performing his last rites at the Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated spot that could be turned into his memorial. Joshi said apart from Manmohan Singh, the Congress didn't give respect to former PM Rao and former president Pranab Mukherjee. "Not only former prime minister, the Congress did not accord due respect to another former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao and former president Pranab Mukherjee.