BANGALORE: Docile to kingmaker is how one can describe the metamorphosis of revenue minister G Karunakara Reddy.Along with his youngest brother G Janardhan Reddy, he is leading the pack of dissidents against chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The crisis in the BJP has brought out the other side of the man, who is considered by all as silent and soft-spoken.As member of parliament from 2004 to 2008, not many people knew him.
Even after the victory in the assembly polls and subsequent elevation as minister, he remained in the background, while Janardhan Reddy was in the foreground negotiating and making strategies.
Also, not many have heard Karunakara use offensive language - till recently when he compared Yeddyurappa to the mythological wicked king Kamsa.