Vice President remembers Narasimha Rao’s commitment to national development
Crediting P V Narasimha Rao for ending the Licence Raj in the country, the Vice President said that he was the architect of India’s economic liberalization.
Visakhapatnam: Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister, P V Narasimha Rao on his birth centenary and described him as a `legendary figure’ who had pioneered economic reforms.
Noting that that the former Prime Minister was a multi-faceted personality— a phenomenal scholar, astute administrator, a litterateur and multi-linguist, he recalled that Narasimha Rao had steered the country out of an economic crisis through his art of consensual leadership and farsighted vision.
Earlier, the Vice President paid homage to the former Prime Minister by garlanding his statue at Circuit House Junction in Visakhapatnam city.
Venkaiah Naidu said that the bold reforms initiated by Narasimha Rao had helped in accelerating the country’s development over the past three decades. The former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee had implemented the reforms started by Narasimha Rao in letter and spirit, while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had speeded up the reforms, he stated..
“Reforms are the need of the hour and we must adopt the best practices”, he added.
Crediting Rao for ending the Licence Raj in the country, the Vice President said that he was the architect of India’s economic liberalization. “Importantly, it was Shri Rao who facilitated India’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO),” he pointed out.
The Vice President said, the former prime Minister had safeguarded the nation’s interests effectively on the global stage, although he took over the leadership of the nation during trying times and in a difficult external strategic environment.
Recalling that the former Prime Minister had great love for languages, Venkaiah Naidu said, that among his many works, he translated the epic Telugu novel ‘Veyi Padagalu’ into Hindi titled as ‘Sahasra Phan’ and also published ‘Abala Jeevitam’, a Telugu translation of the famous Marathi Novel, “Pan Lakshat Kon gheto”.
Narasimha Rao always vouched for education in mother tongue in schools. “I too have always maintained that medium of instruction should be the child’s mother tongue up to high school level”, he added.
Stating that Narasimha Rao had left an abiding legacy, he said the former President Abdul Kalam had called him a “patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system.”
Today’s generation should take inspiration from him and keep the national interest above everything else, Venkaiah Naidu felt.
Expressing his disappointment that a great leader like Shri Narasimha Rao did not get the recognition he so richly deserved, the Vice President said “let us bring forth his contribution for nation building on his birth centenary celebrations”. No nation would be able to move forward by forgetting its culture, heritage and the immense contribution of great leaders towards nation-building, and the lives and teachings of great men should be passed on to the younger generation, he said.
My humble tributes to Shri PV Narasimha Rao, an astute administrator, statesman, visionary and the undisputed torchbearer of economic reforms in India on his hundredth birth anniversary. #PVNarasimhaRao pic.twitter.com/GIfNpBdlEZ
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) June 28, 2021
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