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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.

— H. D. Deve Gowda

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On being compared with Hegde, a suave opponent

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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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