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Updated: 06 Feb 2022 12:33 am

IT was perhaps in the early '70s that P.V. Narasimha Rao was first taken by surprise by a suitcase full of money. His eldest son, P.V. Ranga Rao, had collec-ted close to Rs 10 lakh to influence MPs and "key persons" to ensure that Brahmananda Reddy was ousted from chief ministership and his father given the stewardship of Andhra Pradesh.

Narasimha Rao was shocked to see the suitcase with Rs 2 lakh in crisp currency notes that Ranga carried about with him on his mission. He was quick to admonish his errant son. He asked him to stop his ridiculous campaign and return the money to whoever gave it to him. It is not known what Ranga did with the money, but Reddy was ousted and Narasimha Rao replaced him as chief minister in September 1971.