K. Jana Reddy, the Opposition leader in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to posthumously honour former Prime Minister late P.V. Narasimha Rao with a Bharat Ratna.In a letter addressed to Mr Modi, Mr Reddy listed Mr Narasimha Rao’s several political and personal achievements, which he believed merited the honour. He said that Mr Rao, was an economist, a political reformer, a multi-linguist with knowledge of over ten languages, and a great writer. Through his six-decade-long political career, he held a variety of posts in the State and Central Governments, and came to known as a “political Chanakya”.