Nation remembers Narasimha Rao on his 91th birth anniversary

New Delhi (PTI) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Tuesday led the nation in paying tributes to former
Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on his 91th birth
anniversary.
Singh attended a prayer meeting at the Andhra Pradesh
Bhawan here organised by the P V Narasimha Rao Memorial
Committee.
Interestingly, controversial godman Chandraswami,
believed to be close to Rao, was also present on the occasion.
Manmohan Singh, who was India's Finance Minister in
Rao's cabinet during 1991-96, offered floral tributes at the
late Congress leader's portrait and listened to bhajans for
sometime.
Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh and members of Rao's
family welcomed the Prime Minister. Anti-Terrorist Front
Chairman M S Bitta was also present.
Singh has been a regular at prayer meetings organised
on the birth and death anniversaries of Rao since 2004.
At the All India Congress Committee (AICC)
headquarters, party spokesperson Manish Tiwari, when asked by
reporters why Rao was being "ignored" on his birth
anniversary, remarked that the Congress party holds its
leaders "in great respect and Rao did serve as Prime
Minister from 1991-96".
In Hyderabad, in the southeastern Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy paid floral
tributes to Rao at PV Ghat.