Bülent Ecevit just one month. Justice Party leader Süleyman Demirel subsequently took over as Prime Minister and formed a three-party nationalist coalition. Ecevit's CHP was able to bring down Demirel's government by 1978, after which he became Prime Minister for a third time by forming a government supported by some independent MPs. Ecevit resigned as Prime Minister in 1979 following an election defeat in the 1979 senate elections. Bülent Ecevit recalled that he learned for the first time of the existence of Operation Gladio, a secret "stay-behind" NATO army, in 1974. He has also said he suspected "Counter-Guerrilla", the Turkish branch of
L. B. G. Rao As of 1979 he served as the secretary of the State Agricultural Labourers Union. He also served as president of the All India Agricultural Workers Union. L.B.G. Rao stood as the CPI(M) candidate for the Tenali seat in the 1980 Indian general election. He finished in second place, with 144,457 votes (32.70%). In 1989 he was included in the Polit Bureau of the party. Due to old age, he retired from the Polit Bureau in 1998. L. B. G. Rao Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician. He served as the Secretary of