How Congress lost PV’S family on his centenary

PV’S family will boycott the year long fete organised by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.

The Congress, after losing its two traditionally supporting families—the Scindias in Madhya Pradesh and Pilots in Rajasthan—in the last few months, has lost another one, that of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on his birth centenary this year. The grand old party has suffered a jolt as PV’S family has decided to boycott the year-long fete organised by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).

On the other hand, the family has actively associated itself with the official celebrations being held by the K. Chandrasekhar Rao (Kcr)-led TRS government in the state. There are reports that the late PV’S third daughter Vani Devi, who runs a clutch of educational institutions, including a fine arts college in Hyderabad, is being considered by CM KCR to be made a nominated MLC (Member of Legislative Council). Though neither former PM nor his family is an active political force to reckon with in power politics in the state, their decision to stay away from the centenary celebrations of TPCC is a blow to the party that is trying hard to regain its lost glory across the country. The Congress leadership has lost valuable time to retain support of PV’S family that still has some admirers and supporters in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

TPCC led by MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy organised a virtual meeting commemorating late PV’S birth centenary at the Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Friday in which former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was the chief guest and two