In our eyes the greatest PM of bhArata is shrI Pamulapati Venkata Narasimha Rao. Over last 24 years since as a child and into now mature adulthood multiple repeat analyses of PVNR have only reinforced this fact about him. Vajpayee was only taking forward his predecessor's policies and Modi is yet to make a mark while great Shastri Ji unfortunately was murdered before he could establish his long lasting legacy.
While growing up as a child just into my pre-teens and a random yet not irregular listener of Akashvani, Radio Germany, Voice of America, Radio Japan, BBC, Voice of Russia, Radio China (all have Hindi services) & Radio Pakistan his great deeds on domestic as well as international fronts still play out like a live video streaming in front of our eyes. World was reeling under crises & multiple wars post collapse of USSR, Indian economy was worse than that of a beggar's, terrorism was at its peak in all four corners of bhArata, there was almost zero diplomatic+trade relations with Japan,SKorea, SEAsia,Africa,LatAmerica, Israel, Germany, France.. In fact look east policy is his legacy, he went on his first foreign visit to newly unified Germany, took tour of multiple African & LatAm states even like BurkinaFaso & addressed its Parliament, despite collapse of USSR he did not gift bhArata to US & developed relations afresh with post USSR Russia & CIS countries.. Whoa! The list is endless!
In Punjab there was no government there for >6 years thanks to Frankensteinesque terrorism coopted by Pakistan & its bosses in West. Within months elections were arranged at gunpoint, yes gunpoint with no political correctness nonsense, KPS Gill was brought out of retirement to be made state's DGP and Beant Singh made CM with both given free hand with brute force and within two years Punjab was terrorism free,unthinkable!! In J&K clandestine counter-terror insurgent force Ikhwan Ul Musalmin was raised which broke the back of terrorism and he never gave into any demand of terrorists during any hostage crisis including Hazratbal & Chrar E Sharif despite the latter even being burnt down while the demand of release of Maulana Masood Azhar being made in the former, Vajpayee released the terrorist later in IC814 drama and Masood later did spectacular daring attack of terrorism 911. For five years terrorism was invisible in Kashmir. In J&K operation Bajrang & Op Pawan broke the backs of terrorism alongside the creation of SULFA all of which made the ULFA leadership scurrying into Paki & BD hellholes under their masters there. Assam too had elections after many years then...
No man howsoever great though is without imperfections & fallacies of his own which PVNR sure did have and he too committed a few follies & has some foibles to his otherwise illustrious name & career. But as it is with all the great personalities & true statesmen in his case too the positives far outweigh the negatives. Most of the really pathbreaking & spectacular research/achievements by ISRO & DRDO were in the period between 1991-96 where we broke new grounds to become exporter of space services & tech alongwith many collaborations with the European space agency & Russias(with Kazakhs as well). And thank him for Babri demolition and nuclear tests under next govt, both the pinnacle of Hindu assertion and pride.
What he achieved in just under 5 years is mind-numbing, to say the least. Howmuchsoever we write about him is not enough to describe how he saved not only our country but rAShTra, dharma & civilisation also. asaMkhya shaNkha praNAma to this truly great son of soil whom we are eternally indebted to.
We only vaguely remember his economic achievements whence he actually saved bhArata mAtA and her children out of samudra of pAtAla just like vArAhAvatAra rescued bhUdEvI.
yadA yadA hi dharmasya glAnirbhavati bhArataH
abhyutthAnaM adharmasya tadAtmAnaM srijAmyahaM
paritrANAya sAdhUnAM vinAShAya cha duShkritAM
dharma saMsthApanArthAya saMbhavAmi yuge yuge.
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