Ramalinga Reddy to meet Randeep Singh Surjewala over portfolio allotment in Karnataka government

Key points

• Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy was expected to meet Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress general secretary in charge of Karnataka, on June 6 in connection with the allocation of portfolio.
• Reddy had been sworn in as a minister in the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister D.K Shivakumar on June 3. However, he resigned soon after portfolios were allocated as he was unhappy with the ministry allotted to him.
• He went so far as to say that he had been ‘humiliated’.
• Early on June 6, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K.
• Shivakumar said that the crisis triggered by Minister Ramalinga Reddy's resignation over portfolio allocation has been resolved following a discussion with the senior Congress leader.