Bengaluru, June 5 -- In an early setback for the newly formed Karnataka government, senior Congress leader and Minister R Ramalinga Reddy on Friday resigned from the cabinet just two days after taking oath, alleging that he had been repeatedly "humiliated" after being denied the Bengaluru Development portfolio despite what he described as repeated assurances from Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
Reddy, an eight-time MLA from BTM Layout and one of the Congress party's most prominent leaders in Bengaluru, said he had been assured that he would be given charge of the Bengaluru Development Department once Shivakumar assumed office as Chief Minister. However, he was instead allocated the Irrigation portfolio in the new cabinet.
"I have been humil...