"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."
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PrisonersPeople of British IndiaPoliticians from IndiaMinisters of Home Affairs (India)Prime Ministers of India
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In: Shyam Sundar Vattam "Gowda Lives on Ragi Mudde on the Campaign Trail".
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H. D. Deve Gowda
1996 – 1997
H. D. Deve Gowda born Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (May 18, 1933) was the twelfth Prime Minister of India (1996–1997) and the 14th Chief minister of the state of Karnataka (1994–1996). He is an influential leader of the Vokkaliga community and is popularly known as Mannina maga (Son of the soil) for espousing the cause of the farmers.
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