Overview
- Tributes, which arrived Monday on social media, featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising his public service and wishing him good health.
- Union ministers and chiefs across parties sent greetings, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Siddaramaiah, Bhupender Yadav, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Om Birla, and BJP president Nitin Nabin.
- H.D. Kumaraswamy, his son and a Union minister, called his father’s life a story of struggle and service and said his ideals continue to inspire.
- Deve Gowda rose from Karnataka’s Hassan district to become state chief minister and then India’s 11th prime minister in 1996, leading a United Front government for just under a year.
- He has signaled continued political intent at 94 with a stated aim to bring his party, Janata Dal (Secular), back to power in Karnataka.