Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, former President of India Pranab Mukherjee, former union ministers P. Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh and other personalities will deliver lectures on the life of former PM P.V. Narasimha Rao as part of birth centenary celebrations being organised by the TPCC.
The decision to invite various personalities to deliver a talk on Narasimha Rao was taken during the meeting of the centenary celebrations committee headed by former minister Dr. J. Geetha Reddy on Friday. The meeting, held through Zoom App, was attended by TPCC President Uttam Kumar Reddy, AICC Incharge R.C. Khuntia, Committee’s Vice Chairman D. Sridhar Babu, Convener Mahesh Kumar Goud, former PCC President Ponnala Lakshmaiah, former minister Shabbir Ali, ex-MLA Kodanda Reddy, ex-MP Dr. Mallu Ravi, AICC Spokesperson Dr. Dasoju Sravan and others.
During the meeting, Geetha Reddy described Narasimha Rao as the Father of Economic Reforms in India which eventually took the country on the path of growth and prosperity. She informed that the Economic Reforms Bill was introduced in the Parliament on July 24, 1991. Therefore, as part of centenary celebrations, eminent personalities including Dr. Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Chidambaram and others would be invited to deliver a talk on Narasimha Rao through video-conferencing on July 24.
Uttam Kumar Reddy informed that many such programmes would be organised throughout the year as part of centenary celebrations in honour of Narasimha Rao, a son of Telangana.