Deccan Chronicle

TS Cong remembers PV for his land reforms at centenary meet

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday praised land reforms undertaken by former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao in Andhra Pradesh and his committed decisions that have given India many fruitful results.

He was addressing a meeting in Gandhi Bhavan here on Land Reforms by PV to mark his birth centenary celebratio­n. The TPCC chief recalled his moments with the then Prime Minister when Uttam Kumar Reddy served as a protocol officer at Rashtrapat­i Bhavan.

He asserted that Congress has done a great job of bringing in social justice in the country, especially for Dalits and poor people. He said because of this, Congress is strong even today in thousands of villages.

Former minister J. Geeta Reddy said PV was a great financial reformer and his decisions turned out to be very accountabl­e and effective.

Speaking on land reforms by PV, senior journalist K. Ramachandr­a Murthi said PV had lost his chief minis

FORMER MINISTEr J. Geeta Reddy said PV was a great financial reformer and his decisions turned out to be very accountabl­e and effective.

tership while bring in land reforms in AP. Similarly, he lost power at the centre after bring

in financial reforms. But both these acts of PV have changed the course of the nation for good, he stated.

Andhra Jyothi editor K. Srinivas pointed out that PV, as Prime Minister, faced many challenges Kashmir, Punjab and Babri Masjid issues. He recalled PV’s statement that a Common Civil

Code will not be acceptable in India, where social and financial justice is more important.

Others who spoke on the occasion include former PCC chief V. Hanumantha Rao, MLAs Jagga Reddy and Sridhar Babu, senior leader Ponnala Lakshamiah, former MP Mallu Ravi and others.

 ?? —DC ?? Congress MP and TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, V. Hanumantha Rao, J. Geetha Reddy and others attend PV Narsimaha Rao’s birth centenary celebratio­ns at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday.
—DC Congress MP and TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, V. Hanumantha Rao, J. Geetha Reddy and others attend PV Narsimaha Rao’s birth centenary celebratio­ns at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday.

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