It’s important to know that PV came to power at a time when India’s economy was at its historical low and had serious Balance of Payment (BoP) issues. His party opponents, Sharad Pawar as well as the late Arjun Singh, had assumed that he’d be gone sooner than imagined. He was chosen by Sonia Gandhi to be prime minister exclusively because he was powerless (without any significant national voter base) and old (aged 70, then). A few months before his assassination, Rajiv had asked PV to retire from active electoral politics and seek a seat in Rajya Sabha – India’s upper house of parliament. Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, popularly known in political circles as PV, was an unusual politician who came to power as India’s 10th prime minister after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
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