Bengaluru, June 6 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday clarified that the matter regarding the resignation of senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy from the newly formed cabinet is now "settled", adding that the former Karnataka Minister is "his friend".

He also urged the media and political circles not to spread rumours and asserted that all problems within the party were "sorted out".

Reddy tendered his resignation as the Minister of the Cabinet just two days after taking oath as minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, while asserting that he "continues to remain in the Congress party" after more than five decades of association.

Addressing reporters, Shivakumar said, "Ramalinga Reddy is my friend. ...