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 L. B. G. Rao Lavu Balagangadhara Rao (3 August 1921 – 28 March 2003) was an Indian politician. He served as the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) between May 1985 and November 1991. L.B.G. Rao was the son of Lavu Subrahmanyam. He studied at the Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. In 1938, during his student days, he joined the Communist Party of India. In 1942 he became a CPI whole-timer. He went underground and was active in the Telangana armed struggle. He led various guerrilla squads, acting as the Amarabad party secretary.