India's Deng Xiaoping': Naidu on Rao's reforms

Describing former Prime Minister (PM) P V Narasimha Rao as "India's Deng Xiaoping", Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the economic reforms unveiled by the Rao-led minority government in 1991 were the reason India's coalition governments delivered better results than those with clear majorities.

- ARCHIS MOHAN

Naidu is on a two-day visit to the national capital, where he is scheduled to meet PM Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and others. He met Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. In his meetings with the PM and Union ministers, Naidu will seek support for projects in his state, release of pending funds, the Polavaram-Banakacherla river-linking project, and issues related to the MGNREGA scheme, TDP sources said.