H. D. Deve Gowda: Minister

H. D. Deve Gowda is Indian politician. Explore interesting quotes on minister.

H. D. Deve Gowda: 28 quotes 0 likes

“Hegde, as a Brahmin was not prepared to see a dark-skinned farmer of a low caste become the Prime Minister of India”

H. D. Deve Gowda

His retort to Hegde’s remark that he was not fit to become Prime Minister and that he did not know the Map of India.
Source: Gopal K. Kadekodi, et al., "Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity, and Empowerment".

“If the Prime Minister is not shown napping at official functions by an irreverent media, he is portrayed as a perennial latecomer who keeps people waiting interminably for him to arrive at his appointments.”

H. D. Deve Gowda

India Today in: "Sleeping Gowda' remains unruffled by critics"

Waiting , People

“His ascension to the post of Prime Minister was a bit of a surprise, since he was not a frontrunner and was neither from the Congress nor the BJP, predictably the two largest winners. However, since an alliance between them was out of the question, it was left to the Congress to throw its weight behind a number of regional parties and take control. The Janata Dal and Gowda emerged the biggest winners.”

H. D. Deve Gowda

S. Chandrashekar in: Past Prime Ministers: Those who came before:H D Deve Gowda http://news.in.msn.com/elections-2014/past-prime-ministers-those-who-came-before?page=12, MSN News. 26 May 2014

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