25 years later, 'accidental PM' Deve Gowda still a powerhouse- The New Indian Express
Express News Service BENGALURU: 25 years after JDS leader HD Deve Gowda ascended the Prime Minister’s seat — on June 1, 1996 — the party is celebrating the event, hoping to revive and reinvent the regional outfit. Gowda (88), one of two prime ministers from this side of the Vindhyas, and Karnataka’s kingmaker even today, had been catapulted into the top post after P V Narasimha Rao of the Congress failed to garner the numbers, as also Atal Behari Vajpayee of the BJP. Vajpayee had been sworn in Prime Minister, but fell short of numbers and resigned after 13 days. It was the United Fr...
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