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When the Janata Party came to power by emerging as the single largest party in the 1983 State elections, he emerged as a consensus Brahmin candidate between the powerful [[Lingayat]] and [[Vokkaliga]] lobbies.<ref name=stat21>{{cite book|title=Shift in Indian Politics: 1983 Elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka|year = 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG4JuQMA-a8C&q=ramakrishna+hegde+manipulator&pg=PA58 |editor=George Mathew|publisher=Edited by George Mathew}}</ref> In the process, he became the first non-Congress chief minister of Karnataka.<ref name=stat8>{{cite news|title=Pillar of anti-Congress movement|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308220400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129224651/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308220400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 January 2004}}</ref> A master strategist, he cobbled up a two-thirds majority for his government by an arrangement of outside support from other parties. His government secured the outside support of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), Left parties and 16 Independents.<ref name=stat22>{{cite web|title=State unit History|url=http://bjpkarnataka.org/history/stgate-history/|publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party- Karnataka}}</ref> | When the Janata Party came to power by emerging as the single largest party in the 1983 State elections, he emerged as a consensus Brahmin candidate between the powerful [[Lingayat]] and [[Vokkaliga]] lobbies.<ref name=stat21>{{cite book|title=Shift in Indian Politics: 1983 Elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka|year = 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG4JuQMA-a8C&q=ramakrishna+hegde+manipulator&pg=PA58 |editor=George Mathew|publisher=Edited by George Mathew}}</ref> In the process, he became the first non-Congress chief minister of Karnataka.<ref name=stat8>{{cite news|title=Pillar of anti-Congress movement|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308220400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129224651/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308220400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 January 2004}}</ref> A master strategist, he cobbled up a two-thirds majority for his government by an arrangement of outside support from other parties. His government secured the outside support of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), Left parties and 16 Independents.<ref name=stat22>{{cite web|title=State unit History|url=http://bjpkarnataka.org/history/stgate-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104202925/http://bjpkarnataka.org/history/stgate-history/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 January 2009|publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party- Karnataka}}</ref> | ||
Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 elections to the [[8th Lok Sabha]] (it won only 4 out of the 28 seats from Karnataka), Hegde resigned on the grounds that his party had lost its popular mandate and sought a fresh mandate for his government. In the 1985 elections, the Janata Party came to power on its own with a comfortable majority. As Chief Minister between 1983 and 1985 and again between 1985 and 1988, he became an active votary of State rights within a federal set-up, but one who made no concession to regional or linguistic chauvinism. Secondly, he took innovative initiatives in expanding the federal principle within the State, primarily in the area of devolving power to local bodies and in trying to enforce accountability. During his Chief Minister-ship, Karnataka pioneered legislation on Panchayat Raj that devolved a substantial degree of financial and administrative powers to a three-tiered structure of local government. He supported the tireless work of his Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Abdul Nazir Sab, in promoting devolution of power to the [[gram panchayat]]s in the state, and the Karnataka implementation became a role model for the rest of India.<ref name=stat7>{{cite news|title=The man behind panchayat raj|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308260400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129224659/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308260400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 January 2004}}</ref> In 1984 he introduced legislation to deal with official and administrative corruption through the institution of the Lokayukta.<ref name=stat2>{{cite news|title=Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004|url=http://hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401131000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129221005/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401131000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 January 2004}}</ref> Also, he started the 'Kannada watchdog panel' to oversee the implementation of Kannada in administration.<ref name=stat4>{{cite news|title=Unflinching loyalty to Kannada|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011409450400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040307170708/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011409450400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 January 2004}}</ref> He has the rare distinction of presenting thirteen finance budgets in the state assembly.<ref name=stat1/> | Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 elections to the [[8th Lok Sabha]] (it won only 4 out of the 28 seats from Karnataka), Hegde resigned on the grounds that his party had lost its popular mandate and sought a fresh mandate for his government. In the 1985 elections, the Janata Party came to power on its own with a comfortable majority. As Chief Minister between 1983 and 1985 and again between 1985 and 1988, he became an active votary of State rights within a federal set-up, but one who made no concession to regional or linguistic chauvinism. Secondly, he took innovative initiatives in expanding the federal principle within the State, primarily in the area of devolving power to local bodies and in trying to enforce accountability. During his Chief Minister-ship, Karnataka pioneered legislation on Panchayat Raj that devolved a substantial degree of financial and administrative powers to a three-tiered structure of local government. He supported the tireless work of his Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Abdul Nazir Sab, in promoting devolution of power to the [[gram panchayat]]s in the state, and the Karnataka implementation became a role model for the rest of India.<ref name=stat7>{{cite news|title=The man behind panchayat raj|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308260400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129224659/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011308260400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 January 2004}}</ref> In 1984 he introduced legislation to deal with official and administrative corruption through the institution of the Lokayukta.<ref name=stat2>{{cite news|title=Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004|url=http://hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401131000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040129221005/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011401131000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 January 2004}}</ref> Also, he started the 'Kannada watchdog panel' to oversee the implementation of Kannada in administration.<ref name=stat4>{{cite news|title=Unflinching loyalty to Kannada|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011409450400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040307170708/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/14/stories/2004011409450400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 January 2004}}</ref> He has the rare distinction of presenting thirteen finance budgets in the state assembly.<ref name=stat1/> | ||