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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicNarasimha Rao

Topic: Narasimha Rao

Narasimha Rao reason why coalition govts perform better than majority govts, says Naidu

Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu was delivering lecture on legacy of Narasimha Rao at Prime Minister’s Museum and Library (PMML) where he also briefly waded into a political hot potato.

Narasimha Rao’s aide recalls unremarkable PM in new book. ‘Babri was a deep personal trauma’

At the Delhi launch of his book, India’s Tipping Point, Narasimha Rao’s principal information officer S Narendra recalled the challenges that surrounded the PM’s tenur

Offence of bribery ‘independent of vote or speech’ — what SC said in order on legislative immunity

Parliament or legislatures, and committees under them, are not 'islands which act as enclaves shielding those inside from application of ordinary laws', it asserts.

Our take on Bharat Ratna awards, Pakistan elections, UCC & anti-cheating bill – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Bharat Ratnas to ex-PMs Rao, Charan Singh & scientist Swaminathan — how it helps BJP’s politics

BJP leaders say party has empowered icons not recognised by Congress during their time. Rao had a falling out with Gandhi family, Congress had withdrawn support to Charan Singh govt.

100 years of PV Narasimha Rao — the memorable tenure of an ‘accidental PM’ in pictures

With 1991 economic reforms, Narasimha Rao & Manmohan Singh steered India out of economic abyss. Rao is also credited with doing away with the Licence Raj in India.

After BJP, now KCR appropriates Narasimha Rao’s legacy, fields his daughter in MLC polls  

Surabhi Vani Devi, who has largely shied away from the limelight, will make her electoral debut in the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates’ MLC constituency.

Why Congress has now woken up to own PV Narasimha Rao’s legacy

In episode 531 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta says Congress in its obsession with Gandhi-Nehru family lost most of its icons to BJP. It can’t afford to lose one more.

PVN Rao took everyone along, even nominated Subramanian Swamy to cabinet rank: Manmohan Singh

In a speech inaugurating the birth centenary celebrations of PV Narasimha Rao, former PM Manmohan Singh praised Rao’s economic reforms and his ability to take opposition into confidence.

Don’t absolve Modi by saying he doesn’t have the right team to bring in economic reforms

Modi has always found a way to achieve his political goals— Article 370 to Ram Mandir. Shekhar Gupta can’t blame the PM's bureaucrats for his economic failures.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.