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Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar aboriginal connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) said that the crisis triggered by Minister Ramalinga Reddy's resignation implicit portfolio allocation has been resolved aft marathon discussions with the elder Congress leader.
Mr. Shivakumar met Mr. Reddy for astir two-and-a-half hours astatine a backstage edifice successful Jayanagar precocious connected Friday (June 5, 2026) nighttime amid efforts by the Congress enactment to transportation the seasoned person to retreat his resignation.
The gathering went connected till the wee hours of Saturday (June 6, 2026).
Senior Congress leaders and immoderate of Mr. Reddy's adjacent associates were besides progressive successful the discussions.
“This is simply a household matter. We volition each beryllium unneurotic and talk. Everything has been resolved,” Mr. Shivakumar told reporters aft emerging from the gathering astir 1.30 am.
“He has expressed his grievance; it was a lawsuit of miscommunication. Something has happened, and we volition benignant it out. Don't worry, we volition tally everything first-class. We person fixed opportunities to each elder leaders, and we volition acceptable everything right,” Mr. Shivakumar said and expressed assurance that the authorities would determination guardant unitedly.
Emphasising his long-standing relation with the elder minister, helium said, “Ramalinga Reddy and I person been friends since 1980. At present, I americium moving arsenic the Chief Minister; earlier, I was a Minister, and helium is simply a Minister. We are each friends.” Mr. Reddy had announced his resignation connected Friday (June 5, 2026), alleging that assurances made to him regarding the Bengaluru Development portfolio had not been honoured aft the allocation of portfolios successful the recently formed Shivakumar government.
Asked whether helium would retreat his resignation if the Chief Minister requested him to bash so, Mr. Reddy refrained from elaborating and echoed Mr. Shivakumar's remarks.
“I americium saying the aforesaid happening that helium (CM) told you. Everything has been resolved. That's all,” Mr. Reddy said.
The late-night gathering came amid aggravated efforts by the Congress enactment to incorporate discontent wrong the Cabinet aft Mr. Reddy's resignation triggered the archetypal large governmental situation for the three-day-old Shivakumar-led Congress government.
