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T S Sudhir

Kumaraswamy swearing-in and battle of the Telugu biddas

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leadership has reason to be chuffed after making its presence felt at HD Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

After all, it gave TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu a sense of deja vu, in the company of HD Deve Gowda. In 1996, Naidu then much younger and newly minted chief minister, had played his part in making Gowda the Prime Minister as the head of the United Front.

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