Two days after Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s new Cabinet took office, Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy on Friday submitted his resignation as a minister, citing displeasure over the portfolio allocated to him, The Indian Express reported.
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Reddy was made the irrigation minister on Thursday.
He said at a press conference that he had twice been promised the Bengaluru development department by the party, adding that he had “never asked anyone for any portfolio”, Deccan Herald reported.
The Bengaluru development department was allocated to party leader Krishna Byre Gowda.
Reddy served as the transport minister in the previous Siddaramaiah government since May 2023.
On Friday, the MLA also clarified that he had not resigned from the Congress, ANI reported. “I have been in the Congress party for the past 53 years,” he told reporters, adding that he had been given several responsibilities in the party.
“...I have never asked anyone to give me a ministerial position,” he added.
Shivakumar said that Reddy had told him that he “cannot go to the village and work” and that he had asked for other ministries, ANI reported.
The chief minister told reporters that Reddy is a “great friend” and that the matter will be resolved.
Reddy has been the MLA from Bengaluru’s BTM Layout since 2008. He represented the Jayanagara constituency between 1989 and 2008
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