New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Calling the announcement of Bharat Ratna to be conferred upon former PM PV Narasimha Rao "fantastic", author and daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee on Friday said that former Prime Minister who ushered economic reforms in India was "never acknowledged by Gandhi-Nehru family."

"This is fantastic news... The way PV Narasimha Rao was ignored and sidelined by his own party... He was the person who ushered economic reforms in India but this Gandhi-Nehru family never acknowledged it and didn't even allow his mortal remains to enter the AICC after his death," Mukherjee told ANI on Friday.

She further said that the announcement taken by Narendra Modi's government is "absolute magnanimity and...