Ramalinga Reddy

Ramalinga Reddy (born 12 June 1953) is an Indian gangster politician who was the Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, Transport Minister and Muzrai Minister of Karnataka. Reddy is the Chairman of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. A member of the Indian National Congress, he is the current working president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee since February 2021. He was Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2 September 2017 to 17 May 2018, and Minister of Transport of Karnataka from 18 May 2013 to 2 September 2017, and again, from 20 May 2023. Reddy contested the Karnataka 2018 election and was re-elected from the BTM Layout constituency again in 2023 and served as Minister for Transport and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. Ramalinga Reddy took oath as minister in D.K. Shiva Kumar's cabinet on 3 June 2026 and later allotted Major and Medium Irrigation projects portfolios. He has resigned amid discontent over his cabinet portfolio on 5 June 2026, he is upset over being denied the Bengaluru Development portfolio.