Hegde was a statesman who loved being a rebel. During the Emergency, he was jailed along with many other Opposition leaders. The former Congressman was a key player in the formation of first the Janata Party and then the Janata Dal. When the electorate voted Indira out of power, Hegde, as general secretary of the new outfit, played a crucial role in the formation of the Janata Party government at the Centre in 1977. But when Karnataka rival HD Deve Gowda became PM of the UDF government in 1996, Hegde rebelled. And he was never the same man again.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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