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10 years after death, PV gets memorial in Delhi
In a move that touched the hearts of millions of Telangana people, ten years after his demise, former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, who was disowned by the Congress and denied a memorial in Delhi by its government, has finally got his due respect in the form of a ‘samadhi in the national capital. The memorial ghat is ready for PV at ‘Rashtriya Smriti’, close to the memorials of all the former Presidents and Prime Ministers
The memorial is raised on a plinth in marble with a plaque bearing text briefly highlighting his contributions
Hyderabad: In a move that touched the hearts of millions of Telangana people, ten years after his demise, former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, who was disowned by the Congress and denied a memorial in Delhi by its government, has finally got his due respect in the form of a ‘samadhi in the national capital. The memorial ghat is ready for PV at ‘Rashtriya Smriti’, close to the memorials of all the former Presidents and Prime Ministers, a senior Urban Development Ministry official said.
It has been made ready to coincide with the late leader’s birth anniversary, which was observed two days ago. PV, as he was fondly called, who headed the Congress government between 1991 and 1996, was disowned by his party. After his death in 2004, the Congress-led UPA government had denied any memorial to him.
The UPA government, in fact, had gone further and decided in 2013 that there would be no more separate memorials for any leader, citing paucity of space. The memorial is raised on a plinth in marble with a plaque bearing text highlighting briefly his contributions.
“Known as the scholar Prime Minister of India, Shri P V Narasimha Rao was born on 28th June, 1921 in Laknepalli Village, Warangal district in Telangana State. He rose to prominence as freedom fighter who fought the misrule of the Nizam during the initial years of his political career,” the plaque reads.
The Urban Development official said barring the work of putting up a mesh around the memorial, the memorial was complete and anyone who wanted to pay respect could visit the site. On PV’s birth anniversary two days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid rich tributes to the former Prime Minister who was seen as harbinger of economic reforms in the country.
Urban Development Minister M Venakaiah Naidu asked the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to complete the works relating to the memorial ghat for PV ahead of the former Prime Minister's birth anniversary. Built over 22.56 acre land, Ekta Sthal is situated between Vijata Ghat and Shanti Van near the Yamuna river.
The complex currently houses memorials of former Prime Ministers IK Gujral and Chandra Sekhar, former Presidents Giani Zail Singh, Shankar Dayal Sharma, KR Narayanan and R Venkataraman.
