Why did Congress sideline PV Narasimha Rao?

This is how how the late P V Narasimha Rao reacted to the suggestion that Sonia Gandhi be made the Congress chief after the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi in May, 1991. Needless to say, this made him a villain for those in Congress whose sole survival was revolving around the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. read more

The Congress did not sideline Rao. he was brought out from retirement and made PM of the country. And a very successful one at that. But the party lost at the hustings after that, not once but thrice in a row. read more

At 2.30 p.m., it was brought from Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences to 9 Motilal Nehru Marg. P.V. Narasimha Rao, prime minister of India from 1991 to1996, had died at around 11 a.m., 23 December 2004. read more

Narasimha Rao, Sonia Gandhi and the Congress: Vinay Sitapati and Sanjaya Baru in conversation with M.K. Venu on P.V. Narasimha Rao's rise to the post of prime minister and how he handled the Babri masjid demolition. read more