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'''Gali Somashekhara Reddy''' is an Indian politician from the state of [[Karnataka]] associated with the [[BSR Congress]] party. He is an ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]) [[Vidhan Sabha]] for 2 times of Karnataka representing the [[Bellary]] assembly constituency for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

He was also the chairman of [[Karnataka Milk Federation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newsid=137119&newstype=local.|title=Somashekhar Reddy elected KMF president|publisher=mangalorean|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011142057/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newsid=137119&newstype=local.|archivedate=2012-10-11}}</ref> He is a member of the Reddy family that owns the [[Obulapuram Mining Company]] with [[iron ore]] mining interests in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and that has been facing allegations of [[illegal mining in India|illegal mining]] in forest lands. His brothers [[G. Janardhana Reddy]] and [[G. Karunakara Reddy]] had been ministers in the Karnataka state government led by CM [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]] of the BJP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/howthebigbellarybrothersgavebjpitswinningedge/315955/|title=How the Big Bellary Brothers gave BJP its winning edge|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=Ws240109milk_war.asp|title=The Milk War: The ruling BJP now has its own milk cooperative to counter Gowda’s hold on the Karnataka Milk Federation|publisher=Tehelka|access-date=25 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106070026/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=Ws240109milk_war.asp|archive-date=6 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]] of the BJP took over as CM from Yeddyurappa following the Lokayukta report on illegal mining in 2011, Reddy was removed from the BJP's Karnataka state government ministry.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2302226.ece|title=Report details Reddys' rule over ‘Republic of Bellary'|publisher= The Hindu| date=28 July 2011}}</ref> Subsequently, Yeddyurappa broke away from the BJP to form the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) and the Reddy brothers joined up with [[B. Sriramulu]] to form the [[BSR Congress]] party.{{Infobox officeholder |birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1965|06|24|df=y}}<ref>myneta}}</ref>|birth_place = [[Ballari]]<ref>myneta}}</ref>}}

==Abetment of Judicial Bribery and Detention==
The CBI is also investigating the bribing of Hyderabad Special Court judge Pattabhirama Rao to secure bail for G. Janardhana Reddy in the Obulapuram Mining Company case, by his family members including G. Karunakara Reddy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254293/cbi-intensifies-probe-reddy-bail.html|title=CBI intensifies probe into Reddy bail scandal |publisher=The Deccan Herald}}</ref> Further investigations by CBI implicated others, including a retired judge T.V. Chalapathi Rao, in the "Cash for Bail" scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article3540297.ece|title=Larger design in cash-for-bail scam? |date=18 June 2012 |publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3540225.ece|title=How mining mafia established a "Republic of Fear" in Bellary |date=18 June 2012 |publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> He was later arrested and sent to judicial custody in the episode.

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Bellary]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:BSR Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:1967 births]]

G. Somashekara Reddy - Revision history

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