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Naidu honoured
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has been chosen as quot;South Asian of the Yearquot; for 1999 by the Time magazine. The article described the chief minister as quot;a provincial politician from southern India who became a beacon of hope for us all.quot;
From a consummate backroom politician with Machiavellian scheming pulling the strings in the Telugu Desam Party led by late N T Rama Rao in 1986, Naidu emerged as the most visionary politician in the sub-continent. quot;In just five years, he has turned an impoverished, rural backwater into India8217;s new information technology hub. More than that, he has shaken up the state8217;s moribund administration into the most efficient civil service in South Asia,quot; the article said.
