MLA Reddy disqualified after conviction in mining case

BENGALURU: Tainted mining baron and BJP MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy was disqualified from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday following his conviction in the 14-year-old Obulapuram mining case.The disqualification will extend for six years from the date of conviction, May 6, 2025, unless the conviction is stayed by a competent court. A special CBI court in Hyderabad convicted Reddy two days ago in the case filed in 2010. The order also declared the Gangavathi seat vacant.Reddy had contested and won the 2023 assembly polls from Gangavathi in Koppal on a Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha ticket, a party he floated. He later merged it with the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.