Sushma Swaraj Bellary Brothers

Bellary is expected to test the popularity of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka. The iron ore-rich constituency had come under the BJP's control in 2004, thanks largely to the clout of mining baron Janardhan Reddy and his two brothers. Their close associate B Sriramulu is now in the fray from the reserved seat, but the Reddy brothers are no ...

BS Sriramulu, close aid of the jailed mining baron Janardhan Reddy, re-joined the BJP in Bangalore today. Mr Sriramulu had left the party and formed the BSR Congress after differences with the party leadership. But he is now all set to return to the fold - and is expected to get the ticket from the iron-ore rich constituency of Bellary. The seat is...

The iron-ore rich district of Bellary in Karnataka shot into national prominence politically in 1999 when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi took on and defeated the BJP's Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha elections.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday targeted the BJP over its allegation that the government took hefty bribes ("mota maal") while allocating coal blocks, saying it must answer about its links with the Reddy brothers of Karnataka.

The arrest of Janardhana Reddy - one among the trio of the powerful Reddy brothers of Bellary - has sparked off a political war of words between the two major parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Embarrassed over the very public rift within its top leadership over Karnataka's 'tainted' Bellary brothers, party president Nitin Gadkari today stepped in to do damage control. In a statement, Mr Gadkari clarified that the choice of inducting the mining magnate duo from Bellary - Janardhana Reddy and Karunakara Reddy - as ministers in the state go...

This is Reddy land. And the BJP rules the state. So after the Congress' padyatra to Karnataka's Bellary to protest against illegal mining there, the BJP could scarcely leave well alone.No less than the mentor of the powerful Reddy brothers, senior party leader Sushma Swaraj is here today for the fourth and final rally in a series of public meetings...

Bellary is expected to test the popularity of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka. The iron ore-rich constituency had come under the BJP's control in 2004, thanks largely to the clout of mining baron Janardhan Reddy and his two brothers. Their close associate B Sriramulu is now in the fray from the reserved seat, but the Reddy brothers are no ...

BS Sriramulu, close aid of the jailed mining baron Janardhan Reddy, re-joined the BJP in Bangalore today. Mr Sriramulu had left the party and formed the BSR Congress after differences with the party leadership. But he is now all set to return to the fold - and is expected to get the ticket from the iron-ore rich constituency of Bellary. The seat is...

The iron-ore rich district of Bellary in Karnataka shot into national prominence politically in 1999 when Congress chief Sonia Gandhi took on and defeated the BJP's Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha elections.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday targeted the BJP over its allegation that the government took hefty bribes ("mota maal") while allocating coal blocks, saying it must answer about its links with the Reddy brothers of Karnataka.

The arrest of Janardhana Reddy - one among the trio of the powerful Reddy brothers of Bellary - has sparked off a political war of words between the two major parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Embarrassed over the very public rift within its top leadership over Karnataka's 'tainted' Bellary brothers, party president Nitin Gadkari today stepped in to do damage control. In a statement, Mr Gadkari clarified that the choice of inducting the mining magnate duo from Bellary - Janardhana Reddy and Karunakara Reddy - as ministers in the state go...

This is Reddy land. And the BJP rules the state. So after the Congress' padyatra to Karnataka's Bellary to protest against illegal mining there, the BJP could scarcely leave well alone.No less than the mentor of the powerful Reddy brothers, senior party leader Sushma Swaraj is here today for the fourth and final rally in a series of public meetings...