Who is the next in this series: Rajiv Gandhi, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Chandra Shekhar Singh, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ... ?
Elections in India assassinated in 1984. After her death, her son, Rajiv Gandhi (1941 1991) led the party. In 1989, the Congress party lost to a coalition led by VP Singh (1931 2008) after Rajiv Gandhi was accused of corruption. In 1991, the Congress party returned to power, led by P V Narasimha Rao (1921 2004). In 1996, a coalition government was formed, mostly from regional parties. Further coalition governments followed, led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, I K Gujral and H D Deve Gowda. In 1999, the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power and completed a full
P. V. Narasimha Rao this came under the purview of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is often referred to as the ""Father of Indian Economic Reforms"". Future prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued the economic reform policies pioneered by Rao's government. Rao accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversing the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government. He employed Dr. Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark on historic economic transition. With Rao's mandate, Dr. Manmohan Singh launched India's globalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation