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May 18, 2004 11:22 AM IST

This 'humble farmer' from Karnataka, who ruled India for 10 months and 21 days without a single scam is undoubtedly the tallest figure in the state politics, but with a difference.

This 'humble farmer' from Karnataka, who ruled India for 10 months and 21 days without a single scam is undoubtedly the tallest figure in the state politics, but with a difference.

Leader of Janata Dal (Secular), Hardanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda's lifestyle and attitude remains as down to earth as before and after becoming the Prime Minister.

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The only change is that he has more or less confined himself to the state politics for more than four years, extensively touring and wooing the warring Janata factions in a bid to forge a unity against the Congress Govt in the state. The buzz has been that his sons have made tons of money, but he rejects that outright.

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Although his party is more or less in a shambles, he has been fighting on and on for years, against both the Congress and rival Janata factions. His party had just two MPs in 13th Lok Sabha and only a handful of MLAs, who make little impact. But he is determined.



"Do you think I have been sleeping for four-and-a-half years (in Karnataka) jjst as according to you people (media) I was a sleeping PM," he had told a national daily recently.



Now, he has only one aim in life -- to defeat Congress in Karnataka and fight BJP nationally. And he is ready to back a secular government in Delhi after elections.

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