The three Reddy brothers were born to a police constable and his wife. This is how they rose to become mining moguls, and practitioners of massive political power.
A day after the Congress marched into Bellary to target their corruption, the Reddys retaliated with a series of pujas. Are the chants that are getting louder against them drowing out those of their pundits?
Insisting he's not perturbed by the Congress rally in Bellary, Janardhana Reddy, who doubles up as Tourism Minister, said the BJP will exact revenge later this month.
320 kilometres, 16 days ended with the Congress arriving in Bellary. Senior leaders like SM Krishna said the state has been looted by a corrupt BJP. The Reddys chose to skip town.
When the Congress padayatra against illegal mining in Karnataka was winding its way to Bellary, the Reddy brothers sarcastically said that the Congress leaders were welcome in their backyard.