Will contest polls from jail says Gali

HYDERABAD: Former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy is likely to contest the Assembly polls due in May next year.
Janardhana Reddy, a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, was arrested by the CBI in September last year, and is currently in Chanchalguda jail here.
He is likely to enter the poll fray from BSR Congress, the party floated by his close confidante B Sriramulu.Bellary (City), Kustagi in Koppal district and Chitradurga are among the assembly segments he is looking to contest, party leaders said.
His MLA brother G Somashekara Reddy said BSR Congress president B Sriramulu would soon file an affidavit to the CBI in this regard.
“We are confident that Janardhana Reddy will contest the election because people remember him as a good person. He is a victim of political conspiracy,” Somashekara Reddy said.
Gali was arrested by the CBI in September 2011 in connection with the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam.