HYDERABAD: The
Union government
will release a postage stamp in commemoration of former Prime Minister PV
Narasimha Rao
on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary.
Union home minister of state for home
G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said that he requested the Union minister of communication and technology
Ravi Shankar Prasad to issue the postage stamp and he accepted the request. "I personally thank Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for the kind gesture to release the postage stamp in memory of the late prime minister," he said.
Kishan Reddy said that the stamp will be released soon by the department of posts. It may be noted that ruling TRS in Telangana and opposition Congress, BJP are seeking Bharat Ratna for the late prime minister PV Narasimha Rao who was from Warangal district of the state.
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