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I don't want to make general remarks. I don't want to make sweeping remarks about the media. In my country the media can play its own role. Freedom of press is there. It is for them to take their own views about the leaders.

— H. D. Deve Gowda

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Having a good and cultured family background was not enough to be successful in politics. One should live amidst farmers, till land, and tend cows and buffaloes.

I am a born fighter throughout my political life. I have not lost my heart by the results of the Parliamentary elections.

I have to lead my party from the front. I love meeting people and this happens only during elections.

I will not eat food from restaurants while campaigning. My party workers know my diet and keep ragi mudde (ragi balls and sambar ready before I reach the villages.

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

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