Congress should thank PV Narasimha Rao for helping it survive in turbulent times
It matters little when he judge a dead man but still if we are doing so, it is better to give him his due and not drag his name into controversies.
But it was precisely what senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar did when he said the "pro-Hindu mindset" of late prime minister Narasimha Rao had encouraged the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 on the eve of the latter's 95th birth anniversary (June 28).
Why demonise Rao for the Babri tragedy?
Arjun Singh's book exposes the writer, not Narasimha Rao" title="occasion to release Half Lion -- How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India by Vinay Sitapati, Aiyar said Rao felt he could solve the Ram Temple issue by talking to sadhus and saints and many others present on the occasion saw the demolition of the mosque as his "biggest failure". [Arjun Singh's book exposes the writer, not Narasimha Rao" />occasion to release Half Lion -- How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India by Vinay Sitapati, Aiyar said Rao felt he could solve the Ram Temple issue by talking to sadhus and saints and many others present on the occasion saw the demolition of the mosque as his "biggest failure". [Arjun Singh's book exposes the writer, not Narasimha Rao