Janardhana Reddy made his electoral debut in 2006 when he was nominated to the Karnataka Legislative Council by the BJP.
BJP former CM BS Yediyurappa welcomed former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy to the BJP on 25 March. (Supplied)
The man allegedly behind “Operation Kamala” and an accused in the multi-crore mining scam, Karnataka MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy returned to the saffron fold on Monday, 25 March, after a gap of nearly 13 years. The Gangavathi MLA has also merged his one-year-old Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha, formed in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly polls, with the BJP.