Narasimha Rao
My attention has been drawn to the death news of PV Narasimha Rao, the father of open market economy in India and a full five-year term prime minister from outside Nehru-Gandhi family. Almost every newspaper and electronic media announced his death news with great attention. They described him as the architect of liberalisation in India. Unfortunately, they did not mention anything about his 'role' in the demolition of Babri Mosque.
The centuries old Babri Mosque was razed on December 6, 1992 by some Hindu fanatics led by leaders like LK Advani, Murali Manohor and others. More than 200 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in the aftermath of the incident.
It is PV Narsimha Rao who was the prime minister of India at that time. As prime minister of a constitutionally secular country, it was his duty to ensure the security of life and sacred places of a minority community. But he failed miserably in this regard.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. No matter what and how much work PV Narasimha had done for the people of India, peace-loving people around the world could not overlook his failure to handle the religious fanatics with determination.