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Karnataka: Congress Infighting Now Out In Streets, Ramalinga Reddy’s Supporters Block Bengaluru’s Crucial Hosur Road
Supporters of Congress MLA and former State Minister Ramalinga Reddy protest on Hosur Road in Anekal over denial of ministerial berth in the cabinet. Image courtesy of ANI.
Infighting over ministerial berths in the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka has now spilled over to the streets with supporters of the seven-time MLA and former state Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy blocking the arterial Hosur Road and disrupting traffic in the key commercial area of Bengaluru.
The reshuffle, which was concluded on Saturday (22 December), saw the ruling combine induct eight new ministers, all of them belonging to the Congress. The exercise was widely viewed as an attempt to reign in growing dissidence in the North Karnataka leadership of the combine with seven of the eight ministers belonging to the region.
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