Telangana to recommend PV for Bharat Ratna

[Anta Assamey]

Telangana CM KCR on Friday announced that a resolution would be adopted in the coming assembly sessions asking for conferring of Bharat Ratna award on former PM P V Narasimha Rao. 

KCR also announced renaming of Necklace Road as PV Gnana Marg. He also announced the establishment of PV Memorial in Hyderabad.

He made these announcements after a review meeting held at Pragati Bhavan in the afternoon.

“PV is a symbol of Telangana existence. He was a reformer who initiated several reforms in the country. He was the Telanganite who rose to the level of the country’s Prime Minister. We will discuss about the greatness of PV and his achievements in the assembly and pass a resolution urging conferring of Bharat Ratna on PV,” he said.

The chief minister also announced installation of PV’s portrait in the assembly.

“We will request the Centre to install a portrait of PV in the Parliament. We will ask the centre to rename the Central University of Hyderabad, which was established by PV in Hyderabad, as PV Narasimha Rao Central University. We will also pass a resolution in the Assembly in this regard,” the CM said.