'I have been humiliated time and again': R Ramalinga Reddy quits as Karnataka minister, flags 'U-turn' by DK Shivakumar

BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader and Karnataka minister R Ramalinga Reddy tendered his resignation just two days after taking oath as minister, expressing strong dissatisfaction over his allocated portfolio on Friday.

The resignation comes at a time when Rahul Gandhi is in town.

Reddy said chief minister DK Shivakumar had “done a U-turn” on an earlier assurance regarding the Bengaluru development portfolio, which he claimed was promised to him in 2023 with an understanding that he would be given the department once Shivakumar assumed the chief minister’s post after two and a half years.



“I have been humiliated time and again, cannot take it anymore,” Reddy said, expressing anguish over the handling of the portfolio allocation issue.

“I will continue to remain a Congress MLA and remain in Congress,” he said, adding that he could not work against his conscience.

He also stressed that he has been in the Congress for 53 years and will continue in the party despite stepping down from the ministerial post.

“I am not angry, only disappointed,” he said, adding that he would not submit his resignation in person to the chief minister and would instead send it through his personal secretary to the CM’s office.

List of portfolios

• DK Shivakumar: Finance, DIPR
• G Parameshwara: Revenue & Youth Services
• Priyank Kharge: Home & IT/BT
• Satish Jarkiholi: PWD
• MB Patil: Large & Medium Industries
• Sharan Prakash Patil: Medical Education
• KH Muniyappa: Food & Civil Supplies
• Yathindra: Urban Development & Backward Classes
• Eshwar Khandre: RDPR
• Ramalinga Reddy: Water Resources (Resigned)
• UT Khader: Health & Family Welfare
• Krishna Byre Gowda: Bengaluru Development
• KJ George: Energy
• Byrathi Suresh: Transport

Reddy’s move comes amid reported internal discussions over portfolio allocations within the Karnataka cabinet.