Telangana Meeting handed a decision looking for Bharat Ratna for former PM PV Narasimha Rao
Hyderabad:
The Telangana Meeting right now handed a decision urging the Centre to confer the nation’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna on former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao posthumously on the event of his ongoing start centenary celebrations and likewise set up his statue within the Parliament premises.
A decision to this impact, moved by Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao, was adopted by the Home.
The decision additionally urged the Centre to call the Central College in Hyderabad after Narasimha Rao.
The opposition Congress and BJP supported the decision, whereas the AIMIM stayed away from the Meeting proceedings for the day.
The Chief Minister, who described Narasimha Rao as a beloved son of Telangana and hailed his stellar contributions to the nation, stated there has already been a delay in saying Bharat Ratna to the previous Prime Minister and that it might be acceptable to announce the honour in the course of the forthcoming session of parliament at a time when the state authorities is organising the centenary celebrations.
He stated the Telangana authorities has determined to organise the start centenary celebrations of Narasimha Rao, who laid the muse to make the nation economically sturdy by introducing financial reforms, on a grand scale for a yr.
The inaugural occasion was held in a befitting method on June 28 this yr at ‘PV Gyan Bhoomi’, Narasimha Raos memorial in Hyderabad, he stated.
The state authorities hopes to make folks bear in mind Narasimha Rao’s wonderful companies to the nation by organising the centenary celebrations, he stated.
Observing that solely two leaders gave a brand new flip to the historical past of contemporary India, he stated it was Jawaharlal Nehru, the builder of contemporary India, and Narasimha Rao, the architect of a world India.
Narasimha Rao, who assumed the workplace of Prime Minister at a time when the nation was confronted with critical challenges, together with on the financial entrance, in dealing with the state of affairs in Punjab and Kashmir and the chilly warfare coming to an finish with a unipolar world rising, steered the nation with braveness and imaginative and prescient, the Chief Minister stated.
Narasimha Rao had stellar achievements on the exterior affairs entrance, together with altering the angle of the then US President Invoice Clinton, who was thought of favouring Pakistan and introducing the ‘Look East’ coverage, he stated.
Although he was born in a landlord household, Narasimha Rao had handed over about 800 acres of his personal land to the federal government and likewise initiated land reforms as Chief Minister (in undivided Andhra Pradesh), he stated.
The Navodaya Colleges launched by Narasimha Rao (when he was Union HRD Minister) and the Gurukul faculties as state training minister within the state proceed to supply free, high quality training to rural college students even right now, he stated.
Narasimha Rao, a multilinguist, was an excellent literary persona and could be in contrast with the likes of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, KM Munshi and Jawaharlal Nehru, he stated.
As per a request made by the Chief Minister, Speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy stated a portrait of Narasimha Rao could be put in within the premises of the Meeting.
Congress Legislature Get together (CLP) chief Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka hailed Narasimha Rao as a thinker, economist and educationist and recalled the previous Prime Minister’s contributions in financial system, international affairs and others.
The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), the Nationwide Minorities Fee, the Nationwide Womens Fee and the Nationwide Backward Finance Growth Company have been constituted throughout Narasimha Rao”s tenure, he stated.
BJP MLA Raja Singh stated Narasimha Rao, an excellent patriot, was suspended from Osmania College in Hyderabad for elevating the slogan of Vande Mataram (in the course of the freedom motion).
As Prime Minister, he took all sections alongside, Mr Singh stated.
State Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao stated the state authorities took up programmes within the final six years to have a good time the contributions of not solely Narasimha Rao however a number of different nice personalities from Telangana who haven’t acquired due recognition.
In the meantime, AIMIM stated it has determined to “boycott” Tuesday’s proceedings in Telangana Legislative Meeting and Legislative Council.
“Our social gathering can’t help decision and dialogue on centenary celebrations of late PV Narasimha Rao,” a AIMIM launch stated.
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