WHO WAS OUR BEST PRIME MINISTER?

In my view Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao was the best Prime Minister India had ever produced. He may be charged with numerous corruption charges; still he was our best Prime Minister.

The factors that led to my decision are:

His governance. (Economic reforms and more). Without his initiation of economy reforms most of the youngsters would not be earning such huge money at young age. We would not have access to so many facilities: media, entertainment, health, education and many others. When he took over the reins of our country our economy was in very bad shape. He appointed Dr. Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister somewhere from wilderness. Rest is history.

No Prime Minister before him or after him had governed our country that well (Barring Mr. A. B. Vajpayee to an extent). Members of Nehru – Gandhi family became Prime Minister because of charisma, sycophant second line leaders and above all of them foolish belief of our public (I am very sorry to say this but that is the truth). Not because of their hard work or sacrifice.

He never indulged in petty politics. See Mr. Deva Gowda, Mr. V. P. Singh now. They are doing some political stunt now or then to capture some limelight. When his party isolated him Mr. Narasimha Rao never ventured into such cheap politics; he never started a new political party or gathered few old hands. He knew his strengths and weakness. He remained decent till his death. Though this point may sound irrelevant with this topic, but this quality of him gives a hint that he was clever and efficient. He knows what works and what not works for our country and him.

PS: Actually I wanted to present this article after analyzing and collecting some more information that would be more convincing. But what prompted me to write this article this early were Rahul Gandhi’s derogatory comments on Narasimha Rao and his government holding them responsible for Babri Masjid episode. I am writing this article not to analyze about Babri Masjid episode but to ascertain the fact that how great P. V. Narasimha Rao was.