Hyderabad: Holding Congress President Sonia Gandhi responsible for the alleged ill-treatment meted out to former Prime Minister late P V Narasimha Rao, main opposition TDP in Andhra Pradesh today said it would raise the issue in Parliament.
"Even in his death, Rao was given a shoddy treatment by Congress leadership. His body was not kept in the AICC office to enable party leaders to pay homage. This is an insult to the leader of Rao's stature," TDP supremo and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu alleged at a press conference here.
He said Sonia Gandhi should own responsibility for "improper funeral" accorded to Rao.
"Befitting his stature, Rao should have been cremated in the national capital. I cannot believe that Delhi government could not find a five acre land for his samadhi," Naidu said.
The TDP Chief said his party would raise the issue in Parliament as the way the former Prime Minister was ignored by his own party amounted to hurting the "Telugu Pride." Naidu pointed out that while the mortal remains of Sitaram Kesari and Rajesh Pilot were kept in AICC headquarters to enable party workers to pay their last respects, the Congress leadership deliberately ignored the sentiments of Rao's followers and showed callousness towards the departed leader.
