G. Somashekara Reddy

Gali Somashekhara Reddy is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka associated with the BSR Congress party. He was previously an (MLA) of the Vidhan Sabha of Karnataka representing the Bellary assembly constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He is also the chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation.[1] He is a member of the Reddy family that owns the Obulapuram Mining Company with iron ore mining interests in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and that has been facing allegations of illegal mining in forest lands. His brothers G. Janardhana Reddy and G. Karunakara Reddy had been ministers in the Karnataka state government led by CM B. S. Yeddyurappa of the BJP.[2][3]

After D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the BJP took over as CM from Yeddyurappa following the Lokayukta report on illegal mining in 2011, Reddy was removed from the BJP's Karnataka state government ministry.[4] Subsequently, Yeddyurappa broke away from the BJP to form the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) and the Reddy brothers joined up with B. Sriramulu to form the BSR Congress party.

Abetment of Judicial Bribery and Detention

The CBI is also investigating the bribing of Hyderabad Special Court judge Pattabhirama Rao to secure bail for G. Janardhana Reddy in the Obulapuram Mining Company case, by his family members including G. Karunakara Reddy.[5] Further investigations by CBI implicated others, including a retired judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao, in the "Cash for Bail" scandal.[6][7] He was later arrested and sent to judicial custody in the episode.

  1. "Somashekhar Reddy elected KMF president". mangalorean. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
  2. "How the Big Bellary Brothers gave BJP its winning edge". Indian Express.
  3. "The Milk War: The ruling BJP now has its own milk cooperative to counter Gowda's hold on the Karnataka Milk Federation". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  4. "Report details Reddys' rule over 'Republic of Bellary'". The Hindu. 28 July 2011.
  5. "CBI intensifies probe into Reddy bail scandal". The Deccan Herald.
  6. "Larger design in cash-for-bail scam?". The Hindu. 18 June 2012.
  7. "How mining mafia established a "Republic of Fear" in Bellary". The Hindu. 18 June 2012.
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