TRS Courage Compromises On Ex-PM PVN Rao’s Anniversary Celebrations

 

The decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of former PM P.V. Narasimha Rao as “state function” under Telangana government is really courageous and deserves due appreciation, but excluding celebrations in its capital city Hyderabad invokes suspicion of appeasement and dents TRS image of zero tolerant to all anti-Telangana elements on its soil.

We all know that PVNR is widely known as "Father of Indian Economic Reforms" and described as a patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system. He was the first person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as prime Minister for five continuous years.

Despite all these credentials PVNR was deliberately denied the deserved respect from the Congress party for which he served his lifetime. But he was singled, cornered and blamed for the demolition of Babri Mosque in Ayodya, Uttar Pradesh in 1992, by his own party members and other political parties including Hyderabad-based AIMIM party.

Till today, this AIMIM leader Owaisi alleges PVNR as a culprit and being PM did not respond as supposed to be during the Babri Mosque demolition based on his own self-defined yardstick to certify someone as secular and non-secular of the country.

Recently it has been witnessed that AIMIM leadership lead by Asadduddin Owaisi is rubbing its shoulders with Telangana CM K. Chandrashaker Rao and both are actively engaged in exchange of views on certain issues relating to newly born Telangana state.

I suspect that to appease Owaisi and his party supporters in Hyderabad, CM KCR compromised on the celebrations of PVNR in the city, an act which may possibly distance the supporters and fans of KCR and TRS government.

So far KCR’s courage and commitment on Telangana is un-questionable after closely watching the Telangana state fight for the last 15 years. But this kind of decision as CM invites suspicion and rakes up controversies which may cause some real trouble in coming days.

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