Warangal: PV remembered

Warangal: Rich tributes were paid to PV Narasimha Rao, the first Prime Minister of India from the non-Hindi-speaking and southern part of the country, on the occasion of his 98th birth anniversary on Friday.

Leaders cutting across party affiliations remembered the architect of India's reforms. Speaking at the DCC Bhavan here, Greater Warangal Congress Committee president Katla Srinivas Rao described PV as a great economic reformer. Despite the controversies surrounding his government, PV came out with flying colours.

"PV's reforms rekindled the waning economic position of the country. PV, who made Manmohan Singh the Finance Minister, gave him a free hand to bring in reforms that led to a spurt in country's economy," he said.

Senior Congress leaders EV Srinivasa Rao, Boddireddy Prabhakar Reddy, Modem Sridhar Goud, Dr Puli Anil Kumar, K Ganesh and B Sampath were among others who paid floral tribute to PV.

Elsewhere at the Bus Station junction, legislators D Vinay Bhaskar, K Srihari, KUDA chairman Marri Yadava Reddy garlanded the statue of PV. They remembered the services of PV to the nation, on the occasion.