Seventy-five-year-old
P V Ranga Rao is the eldest son of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. Of
his three sons—Ranga Rao, Rajeshwar Rao and Prabhakar Rao— eldest Rao had been
the most outspoken. He remained a committed bachelor ever since the
tragic death of girl, whom he loved most, in an accident.
(P.V.RANGARAO)
He had often been known in
state political circles as a maverick that always lets his heart rule his head.
After his father rapped him on the knuckles for the means he adopted to oust
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, he decided to sever all ties with him.
His mother's death in 1970
came as a big blow to Ranga Rao, who started the Satyamma Narasimha Rao
Memorial College in Hyderabad in her honour. A dedicated son, he literally
worships his mother and harbours a feeling that his father had neglected the
family.
He remained committed to his decision
to keep distance from his father for well over a decade. It was only in 1985,
when Narasimha Rao was HRD minister under Rajiv Gandhi, he decided to bury the
hatchet with his father.
In the interim—when Narasimha
Rao distanced himself from his eldest son—Ranga Rao was sought after by his
father's detractors for anti-Rao statements in the Telugu press. The gossip
mill also worked overtime during these 12 years.
Ranga Rao (affectionately known
among his close friends as Ranganna)
does not wish to talk anymore about the past. He seems to have had a change of
heart ever since his father, as prime minister, spent 24 hours in Hyderabad while the eldest son was
undergoing a bypass surgery.
For all his quirks, Ranga Rao
is not guilty of having used his father's position to further his interests. He
prefers to stay out of the limelight and is interested in literature and the
performing arts.
He had a brief stint as
Education Minister during Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy's Cabinet.
Ranga Rao, who was born at
Vangara passed away on Wednesday due
to heart-related complications.
01-08-2013
కామెంట్లు లేవు:
కామెంట్ను పోస్ట్ చేయండి