Congress finally remembers Narasimha Rao on 29th anniversary of 1991 budget

Move comes nearly a month after Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao launched his govt's year-long celebrations to mark the birth centenary of the former prime minister

Nearly a month after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao launched his government’s year-long celebrations to mark the birth centenary of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, the Congress on Friday was embarrassed enough to unveil its plans to honour the memory of the life-long Congressman.

K Chandrasekhar Rao launched the centenary celebrations on Narasimha Rao’s 99th birth anniversary on June 28, and also demanded that the Centre confer the Bharat Ratna on the late leader.

The Telangana unit of the Congress chose July 24, the 29th anniversary of the presentation of the 1991 budget, which had rolled out the