Will wholeheartedly support Rahul Gandhi for the post of PM: HDD

Bellary: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday, expressed that he will render full support to Rahul Gandhi for the PM post after the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Addressing a campaign rally in Ballary to support Congress candidate V S Ugrappa, Deve Gowda said that he and his party will completely support Rahul Gandhi for the post of PM after Lok Sabha polls in 2019 and also challenged that he will come up with a strong secular brigade to counter the communal BJP. When questioned about the senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's statement in which he had mentioned that the Congress party has not yet declared its PM candidate, Deve Gowda firmly replied that he doesn't want to react to a statement made by a senior leader. He later praised Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandra Babu Naidu saying that Naidu had played an important role in the formation of the National Front government which Deve Gowda headed in 1996. BSP leader Mayawati has lent full support for JD(S) in Karnataka and will support JD(s)and Congress in Uttar Pradesh too, he further informed. Source: Udayavani