"Didn't Expect To...": HD Devegowda, 91, Attends Parliament Inauguration
New Parliament Inauguration: Deve Gowda, 91, expressed his joy, saying he never thought that he would sit in a new Parliament building in his lifetime. New Parliament Building Inauguration: HD Deve Gowda at the inauguration of new Parliament Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who on Sunday attended the inauguration of the new Parliament building in New Delhi, said it is his good fortune that he witnessed a great moment in India’s democratic history. The 91-year-old expressed his joy, saying he never thought that he would sit in a new Parliament building in his lifetime. “It is my good fortune that I witnessed a great moment in India’s democratic history. I entered the Karnataka legislative Assembly in 1962 and have been a Member of Parliament since 1991. When I entered this great house of the people 32 years ago, I had never thought I will be Prime Minister, and I did not expect to last this long in public life,” Mr Gowda said. “But the even bigger surprise is that...