In Bharat Ratna for P.V. Narasimha Rao, PM Modi delivers a message full of political meaning
10 months, 2 weeks ago

In Bharat Ratna for P.V. Narasimha Rao, PM Modi delivers a message full of political meaning

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi-led government often looks across the political aisle to award state honours, and the announcement of a Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao could be part of that pattern; but Rao’s legacy, and his complicated relationship with his own party, the Congress, also makes this a decision pregnant with political meaning. Even after Rao’s death, the Congress’ royal family did not leave a single opportunity to insult Rao.” Reforms eclipsed by masjid demolition Rao, who was PM of a Congress-led government between 1991 and 1996, came to the post following the tragic assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi in the middle of the 1991 poll campaign, an election that Rao himself had kept away from, preparing for a fade out from public life. When he passed away, just eight months after the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government came to power, the manner of his last rites became an open wound between Rao’s family and friends and the Congress party. Comment | Narasimhanomics and the middle way With the award of the Bharat Ratna to Rao, the message that the Modi government can reach across political lines and honour one of the Congress’ own has been again brought into sharp relief.

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BRS pays rich tributes to P.V. Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BRS pays rich tributes to P.V. Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders have paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister and son of the soil of Telangana P.V. Speaking after paying floral tributes to a portrait of the former Prime Minister fondly known as PV, working president of the BRS K.T. Rama Rao said the country would never forget the contribution of PV in initiating the economic reforms …

PM Narendra Modi on not allying with Naveen Patnaik: ‘If I have to sacrifice…'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Narendra Modi on not allying with Naveen Patnaik: ‘If I have to sacrifice…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reacted to the Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to not ally with Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal, saying he was willing to “sacrifice” his “good” relationship with the Odisha chief minister for the welfare of the state. PM Modi targets Odisha government Modi went on to target the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government saying that there …

PM Modi heaps praise for Bharat Ratna awardees PV Narasimha Rao, Karpoori Thakur, Chaudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi heaps praise for Bharat Ratna awardees PV Narasimha Rao, Karpoori Thakur, Chaudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned a brief note for former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao Garu and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur after President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna upon them posthumously on Saturday. Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh On behalf of the late Chaudhary Charan Singh, Bharat Ratna was received …

Bharat Ratna conferred on ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh posthumously; Advani to receive it tomorrow
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna conferred on ex-PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh posthumously; Advani to receive it tomorrow

India TV News  

Bharat Ratna 2024: President Droupadi Murmu today conferred Bharat Ratna to eminent personalities including two former Prime Ministers and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani. The government had announced five Bharat Ratna awards this year, including one to Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and former deputy prime minister LK Advani. Four former PMs awarded posthumously Among the five personalities who …

Narasimha Rao Was a Batman of Indian Politics, Bharat Needed to Acknowledge this Ratna
10 months, 1 week ago

Narasimha Rao Was a Batman of Indian Politics, Bharat Needed to Acknowledge this Ratna

News 18  

Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, in a true sense of the word, was a Batman of Indian politics. This explains Sonia Gandhi’s hostility toward Rao, to the extent that the former Prime Minister was denied a well-deserved memorial in Delhi, even when lesser worthies could find space in the national capital. Later in the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh …

PV Narasimha Rao’s family thanks PM Modi for Bharat Ratna
10 months, 1 week ago

PV Narasimha Rao’s family thanks PM Modi for Bharat Ratna

Live Mint  

PV Narasimha Rao's family thanked PM Narendra Modi for conferring the Bharat Ratna to the former prime minister and Congress leader for his contribution to the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier announced that former prime ministers Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, as well as agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, would be honoured with India's highest civilian honour. Speaking …

Bharat Ratna sparks renewed interest in PV Narasimha Rao's legacy in Hyderabad
10 months, 1 week ago

Bharat Ratna sparks renewed interest in PV Narasimha Rao's legacy in Hyderabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: As news about the Bharat Ratna to former prime minister and former chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh PV Narasimha Rao spread on Friday, political leaders flocked to the late Congress leader’s statue and memorial park on P V Narasimha Rao Marg in Hyderabad. Welcoming the announcement, Ravi, a guard employed by the HMDA at the statue, told TNIE, …

PV Narasimha Rao: ‘Son of telugu soil’
10 months, 1 week ago

PV Narasimha Rao: ‘Son of telugu soil’

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: “Excited and emotional,” NV Subhash, a grandson of P V Narasimha Rao, told TNIE on Friday after the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, was announced for his late grandfather. Speaking to TNIE, Subhash said that Narasimha Rao was not afraid of making bold decisions and always kept the welfare of future generations in mind. Meanwhile, P V Narasimha …

Bharat Ratna to late Charan Singh honour for crores of farmers: Yogi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna to late Charan Singh honour for crores of farmers: Yogi

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday commended the decision of the Central government to honour former prime ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, father of the Green Revolution, with Bharat Ratna. The chief minister wrote on social media platform X, “The decision to confer the ‘Bharat Ratna’ upon former prime minister Chaudhary …

Bharat Ratna for farm icon, two former PMs
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna for farm icon, two former PMs

Hindustan Times  

Former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and scientist MS Swaminathan, will be posthumously conferred India’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. With the three names announced on Friday, the government has now announced five Bharat Ratnas in a single year — the other two include BJP leader and former deputy prime …

Leaders across party lines cheer Bharat Ratna for former PMs, MS Swaminathan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Leaders across party lines cheer Bharat Ratna for former PMs, MS Swaminathan

Live Mint  

Leaders across political parties have hailed the decision to award Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and M S Swaminathan. “PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Dr. MS Swaminathan were, are and will always be the 'Bharat ke Ratna'. Congress leader Rajeev Shukla, however, said the BJP-led Centre is honouring former prime minister P V Narasimha …

Bharat Ratna for PV Narasimha Rao, brickbats for Gandhi family
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna for PV Narasimha Rao, brickbats for Gandhi family

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: NV Subhash, the grandson of late prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, slammed the Gandhi family on Friday after the Centre announced Bharat Ratna for the iconic politician, saying they were instrumental in making him a scapegoat for the failures of the Congress party. From 2004 to 2014, when the UPA government was in power at the centre, leave …

Bharat Ratna awarded to 5 people so far in 2024, highest in a single year
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna awarded to 5 people so far in 2024, highest in a single year

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, alongside agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, will be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao This year's five recipients surpass the four awarded in 1999, marking the highest number of Bharat Ratnas awarded in a single …

Former PM PV Narasimha Rao pioneered India’s economic reforms
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Former PM PV Narasimha Rao pioneered India’s economic reforms

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to confer the Bharat Ratna, country’s highest civilian award, to PV Narasimha Rao posthumously, will be seen, in one part, as recognition for a political leader who put India on the path of prosperity by initiating economic reforms. Rao became India’s unlikely prime minister after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination during the campaign for 1991 …

On Bharat Ratna announcements, Sonia Gandhi says: 'I welcome them, why not?'
10 months, 2 weeks ago

On Bharat Ratna announcements, Sonia Gandhi says: 'I welcome them, why not?'

Hindustan Times  

On being asked to comment on the announcement of Bharat Ratna to former PMs Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and scientist MS Swaminathan, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi said, "I welcome them. On Narasimha Rao, PM Modi wrote, "Narasimha Rao Garu’s tenure as Prime Minister was marked by significant measures that opened India to global markets, fostering a new era …

Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, Swaminathan to get India’s highest civilian honour
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, Swaminathan to get India’s highest civilian honour

Hindustan Times  

Former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and scientist MS Swaminathan, who is widely known as the father of the Green Revolution, will be posthumously conferred India’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. His visionary leadership was instrumental in making India economically advanced, laying a solid foundation for the country’s prosperity and …

Farmers First, Statesmanship, South Connect: Significance of Modi Govt’s Latest Bharat Ratna Picks
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers First, Statesmanship, South Connect: Significance of Modi Govt’s Latest Bharat Ratna Picks

News 18  

Commitment to the agriculture sector and farmers, display of statesmanship cutting across political divides and honouring the contributions of southern India to nation-building are the major themes reflected in the awarding of the prestigious Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and Narasimha Rao and architect of the Green Revolution MS Swaminathan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his …

Who was PV Narasimha Rao, first Congress PM outside the Nehru-Gandhi family?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Who was PV Narasimha Rao, first Congress PM outside the Nehru-Gandhi family?

Hindustan Times  

Former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao has been posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. "Narasimha Rao Garu’s tenure as Prime Minister was marked by significant measures that opened India to global markets, fostering a new era of economic development. Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was a lawyer and a towering Congress leader in undivided Andhra Pradesh, who became …

PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan to get Bharat Ratna: PM Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan to get Bharat Ratna: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. Former prime ministers Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan “Delighted to share that our former Prime Minister, Shri PV Narasimha …

Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh: How Amit Shah, BJP reacted
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh: How Amit Shah, BJP reacted

India TV News  

Former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. The BJP welcomed the decision by calling the Bharat Ratna for Narasimha Rao as 'befitting tribute to the legendary statesman who shaped the history of our nation' …

Narasimha Rao to be honoured with Bharat Ratna: Facts about India's ex-PM behind economic revolution
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Narasimha Rao to be honoured with Bharat Ratna: Facts about India's ex-PM behind economic revolution

India TV News  

Bharat Ratna for PV Narasimha Rao: India's former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao will be honoured with country's highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna', Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed on Friday. "Delighted to share that our former Prime Minister, PV Narasimha Rao Garu, will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna," PM Modi wrote on X. "Narasimha Rao Garu’s tenure as Prime …

Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan to be honoured with Bharat Ratna, tweets PM Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan to be honoured with Bharat Ratna, tweets PM Modi

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government at the Centre on Friday announced that former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. Making the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, "It is the good fortune of our government that former Prime Minister of the …

PM Modi dedicates development projects worth over ₹20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu
11 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi dedicates development projects worth over ₹20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the 38th convocation ceremony of Bharathidasan University at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu and dedicated multiple development projects worth more than ₹20,000 crore, including Tiruchirappalli International Airport's new terminal. Tiruchirappalli: Top quotes from PM Modi's speech at Bharathidasan University 1) "I am happy to be in the beautiful state of Tamil Nadu and among …

Telangana: Big Fight on PV
1 year ago

Telangana: Big Fight on PV

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS MLA T. Harish Rao's comments in the Legislative Assembly on the Congress not paying tribute to former prime minister, the late P.V. Harish Rao had said that the Congress had denied due recognition to Narasimha Rao and the former prime minister's final rites were held in Hyderabad rather than in Delhi as was done for his predecessors. On …

Telangana Assembly Election: A saffron veteran who refuses to give up
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana Assembly Election: A saffron veteran who refuses to give up

The Hindu  

At sixty-four, Naraparaju Ramchander Rao, a seasoned BJP stalwart with over “45 years” of dedicated service, embodies the resilient ‘never say die’ spirit. From door-to-door canvassing to engaging in community meetings, colony gatherings, a road show alongside national president J.P. Nadda on Sunday, and most recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman advocating for him among ex-servicemen on Tuesday, Mr. Rao …

PM Modi Connects with Telangana\'s \'Heart\' at Vibrant Inaugural Event
1 year, 2 months ago

PM Modi Connects with Telangana\'s \'Heart\' at Vibrant Inaugural Event

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After inaugurating several projects at a hangar erected for the purpose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would address them again. “Dil khol ke baat karunga Telangana ka dil ki baat karunga,” enthusing the people about his public meeting in another venue a few yards away As the Prime Minister went around the venue in an open-top vehicle, some …

'Insult to the state': Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's Parliament remarks on Telangana
1 year, 3 months ago

'Insult to the state': Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's Parliament remarks on Telangana

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has taken issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments in Parliament regarding Telangana martyrs and their sacrifices, considering them nothing less than an insult to the state's identity and self-respect. In a Telugu message posted on X, Gandhi stated, "Prime Minister Modi's disrespectful speech on the martyrs of Telangana and their sacrifices is an insult to …

Congress Vijayabheri creates ripples of hope of victory
1 year, 3 months ago

Congress Vijayabheri creates ripples of hope of victory

Deccan Chronicle  

TUKKUGUDA: Exactly seventy-five years after, to the date, the Congress party pantheon from Delhi and other parts of India, put their focus on Hyderabad, and with means vastly different, but with an eerie similarity in the objectives and ends, came forth to herald a season of hope of a change of regime, of victory, and of unleashing a welfare state …

BRS, Congress and BJP Remember PV on 102nd Birth Anniversary
1 year, 5 months ago

BRS, Congress and BJP Remember PV on 102nd Birth Anniversary

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Parties across the political spectrum on Wednesday paid tributes to former Prime Minister P.V. In a media statement on Wednesday, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao called Narasimha Rao “a son of the Telangana soil” and said he had rescued the country from critical conditions. TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy took to Twitter to pay tribute to the person he …

Narasimha Rao's grandson slams Rahul over 'walking exercise', 'no respect for...'
1 year, 11 months ago

Narasimha Rao's grandson slams Rahul over 'walking exercise', 'no respect for...'

Hindustan Times  

Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party leader and grandson of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao - NV Subhash - on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleging that he has “little” respect for non-Gandhi party leaders while referring to his grandfather. Speaking of Rahul's visit to the memorials of former prime ministers, he alleged that the Congress MP addressed …

VHR, Congress leaders pay rich tributes to Nehru
2 years, 1 month ago

VHR, Congress leaders pay rich tributes to Nehru

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Former PCC president V Hanumantha Rao recalled the contributions of the country’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary here on Monday. Rao paid rich tributes to the statue of Nehru at Abids along with senior party leaders M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, G. Niranjan and party workers. Meanwhile, Ponnala Lakshmaiah and other party leaders also paid …

Congress ignored Narasimha Rao, glorifies one kin: PM Modi
2 years, 5 months ago

Congress ignored Narasimha Rao, glorifies one kin: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the Congress had failed to acknowledge the services rendered by its own leader and former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao to the nation. Interacting with Delhi-based senior Telugu journalist A Krishna Rao on the latter’s book “The Quintessential Rebel” that highlighted the achievements and challenges faced by Narasimha Rao during his …

Sanjaya Baru | Revisiting PMs: Museum in Delhi underplays PV Â
2 years, 5 months ago

Sanjaya Baru | Revisiting PMs: Museum in Delhi underplays PV Â

Deccan Chronicle  

It is not clear whether it was just intellectual laziness or bureaucratic safe play or just plain bias that the designers of the newly built Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in New Delhi chose to allocate more or less the same space to most of our Prime Ministers, virtually equating most of them. In my book, recording Prime Minister Narasimha Rao’s contribution to …

Modi’s city meet will boost BJP in state: Gudur
2 years, 5 months ago

Modi’s city meet will boost BJP in state: Gudur

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party state senior leader Gudur Narayana Reddy on Friday stated that the Vijaya Sankalpa Sabha, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address the public, would boost the party cadres to strive in bringing the party into power in the ensuing general elections. Reddy said more than 10 lakh people would attend the public meeting as all …

PV Narasimha Rao birth anniversary: Top leaders remember former PM
2 years, 5 months ago

PV Narasimha Rao birth anniversary: Top leaders remember former PM

Hindustan Times  

Several leaders on Tuesday paid tributes to the former prime minister of India PV Narasimha Rao on the occasion of his birth anniversary. “Tributes to the former Prime Minister of the country, Shri PV Narasimha Rao ji, who was a multifaceted personality, on his birth anniversary,” Kejriwal wrote on Twitter. Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that PV Narasimha Rao …

DC Edit | India needed to hear Modi’s ode to past PMs
2 years, 8 months ago

DC Edit | India needed to hear Modi’s ode to past PMs

Deccan Chronicle  

Our times are so divided along the lines of loyalty to political parties and ideologies that any word or action cutting across the divide and is graceful and befitting a statesman brings both relief and hope. The perpetually hyper-competitive and combative mode of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while leading to huge electoral and power …

Every PM has contributed to India’s rise, says Modi
2 years, 8 months ago

Every PM has contributed to India’s rise, says Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated a museum that is dedicated to all former Prime Ministers of India. The PMO said the museum was guided by Mr Modi’s vision to honour the contributions of all Prime Ministers of India towards nation-building and was a tribute to every Prime Minister since Independence, irrespective of their ideology or tenure …

PV Narasimha Rao: From packing his bags to India's 'accidental' prime minister
3 years, 5 months ago

PV Narasimha Rao: From packing his bags to India's 'accidental' prime minister

India Today  

Mata-e-karwaan jata raha, Karwaan ke dil se ehsas-e-zyan jata raha — Allama Iqbal Even in death PV Narasimha Rao kept away from the headquarters of the party he had once headed. The former prime minister’s 9, Motilal Nehru Marg residence in Delhi was barely 200 metres away from the Congress’s 24, Akbar Road headquarters, but Rao had not once visited …

Telangana Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking Bharat Ratna for Late PM Narasimha Rao; AIMIM Opposes
4 years, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking Bharat Ratna for Late PM Narasimha Rao; AIMIM Opposes

News 18  

The Telangana Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution seeking the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, for late Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao. “If the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is the maker of modern India, then PV Narasimha Rao was the maker of global India. The ruling government is already holding year-long celebrations across the state as …

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