CM Unveils PV Statue; Vidya Peetham To Be Set Up At KU

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced the state will set up a Vidya Peetham in the name of former PM PV Narasimha Rao at Kakatiya University in Warangal. He said the cabinet has approved the proposal. The government has already rechristened Necklace Road as PV Narasimha Rao Marg.

KCR along with governor Tamilisai Soundararajan unveiled the 26-foot bronze statue of PV Narasimha Rao at PV Gnana Bhoomi on the banks of Hussainsagar on Monday as part of the closing ceremony of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of the former PM.

The chief minister said PV was a known reformist, who bailed out the country from a financial crisis. “He also ran the minority government for five years while introducing and implementing many welfare schemes,” the CM said.