“Due to several occurrences within the Congress party, I had resigned on July 6, 2018 as the MLA of BTM Layout. I have been with the Congress party for the last 45 years and I have been an MLA seven times. While most of the rebel MLAs have been staying in Mumbai, Reddy chose to be in the city amid reports that Congress was trying to pacify him. The party had also left him out while moving the Assembly Speaker for disqualification of the rebel MLAs, saying he was an "exception." Congress has pressed for disqualification of 13 MLAs, including independent R Shankar, who had merged his Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party with it.

Source: dna July 17, 2019 17:37 UTC