Ramalinga Reddy

 With increase in number of complaints from the residents in and around Koramangala regarding advertisement of female escorts, Bengaluru MLA Ramalinga Reddy has dashed off a letter to the DG-IGP seeking action  

With former CM Siddaramaiah, senior leaders DK Shivakumar and Ramalinga Reddy in the race for Karnataka Congress president's post, rift between these camps has surfaced. According to Congress insiders, the high command is likely to announce the new president after Sankranti.

A day after BJP workers picked up a quarrel with college students of Jyothi Nivas College, former Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy visited the institution and challenged BJP workers to enter college and surround them for their signature campaign with regard to CAA and NRC.
 

Residents of KAS Officers Colony demanded that MLA Ramalinga Reddy take some measures to ensure that stray dog menace haunting them is addressed. The residents say the 10 dogs in the area pounce and attack people in the area and that the animal lovers are encouraging them by feeding it.

Several leaders, including KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao and Ramalinga Reddy, urged the BJP not to stop the developmental works in Bengaluru that were started by the Congress while Siddaramaiah was chief minister.

While the Supreme Court in its verdict put the onus on the Speaker, rebel MLA Ramalinga Reddy seems to have decided to stay with the Congress. Watch the top headlines from across the city on Bengaluru Night Cap.

With the Congress-JD(S) coalition depending on R Ramalinga Reddy to win the trust vote to be held on Thursday, the MLA declared his decision
 

Sources close to Ramalinga Reddy reportedly said that he will “not violate” the Congress whip
 

Close to 20 BBMP corporators are in dilemma whether to stay in the Congress, JD(S) or move along with their patrons, who have resigned from MLA post ready to join the BJP to safeguard their "interest". While senior leader Ramalinga Reddy is touted to be sitting on the fence, others such as ST Somashekhar, Byrathi Basavaraj, Munirathna Naidu, and JDS MLA K Gopalaiah may go with the BJP.

From Ramalinga Reddy slamming Congress to Kumaraswamy's ‘grama vastavya’ and updates from Sandalwood, watch Bengaluru Night Cap for  the latest news headlines.

Former minister and seven-time MLA Ramalinga Reddy’s supporters have gathered in huge numbers at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office in Bengaluru to exert pressure on the coalition government to ensure Cabinet berth to Reddy. The protest is led by former mayor Manjunath Reddy

Seven-time MLA and former Bengaluru in-charge minister R Ramalinga Reddy ensured that the coalition in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) does not get affected by the BJP and ensured all the aspiring corporators from the Congress-JD(S) get selected to 12 standing committees of the BBMP

Seven-time MLA Ramalinga Reddy, who arrived at Siddaramaiah's official residence in Bengaluru on Tuesday said, his supporters, who are protesting, are not under his control. Soon after meeting Siddarammaiah, Reddy clarified that he would not leave the party and asked his corporators not to protest.
 

The Karnataka Congress found itself in deep trouble as MLA Ramalinga Reddy expressed his dissent in public. Reddy's supporters claimed that deputy CM G Parameshwara and minister Krishna Byre Gowda have played a role in stalling Ramalinga Reddy's entry into the Cabinet. They also said that this development would have a serious impact on the Lok Sabha election.

As the Congress party failed to induct senior MLA Ramalinga Reddy into the cabinet, Ramalinga Reddy's daughter and Jayanagar MLA, Sowmya Reddy declined the parliamentary secretary post as a sign of protest. Sowmya said that Ramalinga Reddy has served the Congress for over 40 years and cannot be ignored like this.