As regional satraps go, there should have been no one to match Haradanahalli Doddahalli Deve Gowda. The only Karnataka politician to have become Prime Minister, he had a profile in the entire state. No one forced him to confine himself to the Hassan-Old Mysuru belt of Karnataka, immersed in sectarian Vokkaliga politics. But that is what he opted to become and come mid-May, he is hoping he will once again play the role that he has essayed to a fine art — kingmaker.
Most people go from state politics to national politics. Deve Gowda went from national politics to state
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