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Bengaluru: With the passing away of Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, well known as S M Krishna or SMK in the early hours today the country has lost a gentleman to the core in Indian politics. Perhaps there was no position worth mentioning and for which everyone in politics craved, that S M Krishna didn't enjoy. Member of all houses: Only a selected few have the privilege of being elected to all possible houses of people's representatives, and SM Krishna was one of such lucky persons. As a budding politician, he first got elected to the state Assembly from Maddur home constituency in Mandya district in 1962 as an independent candidate. Then he sprung a surprise shock to H K Verannagowda, a Congress stalwart of the times despite the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru campaigning. Later he joined the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) only to defect to the Congress and there was no looking back on the horizon of party and power politics. He was also elected to the Legislative Council, ...

Bengaluru: India has been acknowledged as the biggest democracy in the world since the previous century after the country attained freedom from the clutches of the British. There have been periodic elections regularly but during the emergency considered the black chapter for banning the fundamental rights of the citizens. Dictator controversy: Maybe after the dubious stint of emergency giving rise to a second struggle for freedom, the controversial decision also paved the way for a new series of accusations against Indira Gandhi. Indira Priyardarshini Gandhi popularly known as Indira Gandhi served the country as the third Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and later from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Decades later, she continues to be termed as a dictator while at the helm of affairs of the party and country. Samarendra Kundu's revelation: Samarendra Kundu, a Janata Dal leader had come to Bengaluru when the Janata Pariwar parties were in power during the earlier eighties. H...