Ramalinga Reddy Wiki, Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Ramalinga Reddy is an Indian politician known as the President of the Karnataka Indian National Congress since February 2001.

Wiki/Biography

Ramalinga Reddy was born on Friday, 12 June 1953 (age 70 years; as in 2023) in Anekal, Karnataka. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He did his schooling at the Government School in Hombegoudanagar, Bengaluru. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Government Science College, Bangalore University. He also studied LLB from University Law College, Bangalore. When he was in college, university elections were a big event. He got a lot of support from his party and the party even prepared pamphlets for him. Parties encouraged young leaders and the public was also very active at that time. He was inspired by people like Indira Gandhi and Shri Devaraj Urs of Congress Party which was a very strong party at that time. He was inspired by Indira Gandhi’s 20-point program and other activities. According to him, he also got inspiration from poverty alleviation programs.

Physical Appearance

Height (Approx): 5′ 5″

Hair Color: Salt and Pepper

Eye colour: black

Family

parents and siblings

His father’s name is B Venkatareddy, who was a corporator. His mother’s name is Pilamma.

wife and children

Ramalinga is married and has a son, Sriraj Reddy, and a daughter, Sowmya Reddy, who is the general secretary of the All India Mahila Congress of Karnataka.

Ramalinga Reddy with his (L-R) daughter, son and wife

Religion

He follows Hindu religion.

Ramalinga Reddy performing a Hindu ritual

Address

He lives at No. 455/7, 1591 Cross, Lakkasandra Layout, Bengaluru – 560 030.

Signature

Signature of Ramalinga Reddy

political career

He started his political career in 1973 when he became the Secretary of the Students’ Union at the Government Science College, Bengaluru. He was also a member of the student council at Bangalore University. When he was in college, he used to participate in a lot of organizational activities. In 1973, when he joined NSUI, he attended the National Conference of NSUI in Trivandrum, Kerala. In 1977, he became the President of the Students’ Union at Bangalore University. In 1980, he became a member of the Senate and Finance Committee at Bangalore University. From 1983 to 1988, he was a corporator of the Bangalore Metropolitan Municipality. In 1985 he became the President of Jayanagar Block Congress Committee. In 1989, he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Jayanagar constituency. In 1990, he became a member of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and worked there until 2018. In 1992, he became the Minister of Finance, Major and Medium Industries and APMC of Karnataka. In 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee. In 1994, he was elected MLA from Jaynagar constituency. From 1998 to 2008, he was the President of Bengaluru City District Congress Committee. In 1999, he was again elected as MLA from Jayanagar constituency. In 2001 he became a member of the All India Congress Committee. In 2002, he became the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies of Karnataka. In 2004, he became the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Culture of Karnataka. In 2008, he was again elected as MLA from BTM constituency. On 18 May 2013, he became the Transport Minister of Karnataka. In 2013, he became the Chairman of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation. On 2 September 2017, he became the Home Minister of Karnataka. In 2018, he won the Karnataka Assembly election from BTM constituency for the seventh time. In 2021, he became the working president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.

property/property

movable property

• Bank Deposit: Rs. 4,58,69,372

• Motor Vehicle: Rs. 21,26,520

Immovable property

• Commercial Building: Rs. 57,99,76,423

• Residential Building: Rs. 3,28,52,000

Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as per the year 2023. It does not include property owned by his wife and dependents (minors).

net worth

Rupee. 72 crores

Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as per the year 2023. It does not include property owned by his wife and dependents (minors).

Facts/General Knowledge

• In the 1994 state elections, he was the only Congress candidate to win from Bengaluru.

• He worked on social issues like improving maintenance and infrastructure in all parks, ensuring proper street lighting on low-light roads for the safety of women and children, cleaning main roads, radials etc. through active participation in the residents’ welfare association. work done. Roads and junctions including Silk Board Junction, St. John’s Junction and Hosur Road Junction, improving the facilities of government schools including quality of classrooms, sports facilities, laboratories and upgradation of BWSSB lines to ensure proper and adequate supply of water to all.

• In an interview he talked about how important education is in politics and said,

  A certain management ability is important in politics. There should be more initiative and interest in education. One must know how to handle officials and how to raise funds. The person must also have the necessary skills to bring in money from the programs. Sometimes double graduates completely fail in politics and others who are not educated at all perform well. One should be able to give a certain amount of time to anything and work on it until the work is completed. Education can help, but these are also the things I’m telling you about.

• In 2005, he worked on the JNNURM scheme under which construction of eight hundred houses was approved. He built houses in Rajendra Nagar, Koramangala, Chandrappa Nagar and SR Nagar for Rs. 2 lakh per house.

• In an interview, he said that as an MLA he faced a lot of problems, but the main problem was lack of funds and not knowing how to use money outside the programs to solve the issues.

• His daughter’s wedding ceremony in 2015 was eco-friendly. The paper used in the wedding invitations was recyclable, the flowers used were made from recycled paper and guests were asked not to wear leather or silk clothing.

• In 2016, when he was serving as the Transport Minister and Chairman, he was invited to inaugurate BMTC’s new bus station at NRColony in Basavanagudi.
  

  Ramalinga Reddy inaugurates BMTC bus station at NRColony in Basavanagudi

• In 2017, volunteers of BMTC Bus Prayanikkara Vedike spoke on Facebook about textile workers on Mysore Road who were unable to afford Rs. Monthly salary to Rs 1050 for monthly BMTC bus pass. 7,000. According to the volunteers, they preferred to take private buses instead of public buses as they were much more expensive. Ramalinga met the volunteers and talked to them about the problem.
  

  Ramalinga Reddy meeting volunteers of BMTC Bus Prayanikara Vedike

• In 2018, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had reportedly released a list of new ministers following a reshuffle of portfolios by the ruling party. Ramalinga’s name was withdrawn from the list, leading to protests by his supporters who blocked the main Hosur Road and disrupted traffic in Bengaluru’s busiest area.
  

  Ramalinga Reddy’s supporters are protesting on the road

• In 2018, the Congress party sent a circular to police chiefs of all districts asking them to give their opinion on dropping cases against minority communities in incidents of communal clashes. BJP criticized the Congress party for doing this. Later, talking about the circular, Ramalinga said that it was not a circular but just a reminder. He further said that BJP does not understand English and they misled the public.

• In 2019, he along with 9 other MLAs resigned from the party and withdrew it a day later. After withdrawal of nomination, he decided to vote for the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the state assembly. In an interview, he revealed that he had sent his resignation due to internal problems of the party and not because he had any problem with the state government.

• In 2019, in a letter to Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjuna, he alleged that there were irregularities in the city’s waste management. He asked them to examine the Mini Transfer Station (MTS) project worth Rs. The Bruhat Bengaluru Municipal Corporation (BBMP) was given Rs 246 crore to build mini transfer stations in 50 wards.

• In an interview, he talked about discrimination by the government in releasing development funds to Bengaluru MLAs in 2022. In an interview he said that BJP gave money to 15 BJP MLAs in Karnataka. 9,880.15 crore, but 12 Congress MLAs got Rs. 2,186.48 crores. Meanwhile, JDS MLA (Dasarahalli) alone was allotted Rs. 288.5 crores. These funds were for works under Amrit Yojana, Nagarothana and Storm Water Drain schemes.

• In 2022, BJP was reportedly collecting Rs. Rs 100 per month as donation from parents of government school students. Talking about this, Ramlingat said,

  Ever since the BJP government came to power, the education system in the state is in a complete state of disrepair. Thousands of government schools have been closed. More than 10 lakh children are deprived of education. Ramalingareddy questioned whether this was an anti-education policy of the government. The duration of the current academic year is already half over and in many places uniforms, text books, shoes and socks have not been distributed to the students. How will children learn if they are not provided with study tools? He speculated that the delay may be because the government has backed out of the 40 percent commission.

• In 2023, he filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) against BJP’s CH Ramamurthy over Ramamurthy’s alleged hooliganism. According to Reddy, Ramamurthy was ‘threatening people in Vijayanagar along with 200-300 of his associates at midnight.’ Talking about this in an interview he said,

  More than 75% of them will be in cars wearing helmets and masks. He is wearing a helmet even in the car. They don’t want to identify (themselves). 50% of the miscreants of Bengaluru are in that (Vijayanagar) constituency. That’s why we complained. We are demanding paramilitary forces from today itself.”

• In May 2023, Ramalinga and Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar accused Election Commission officials of manipulating the results against Soumya Reddy after Bharatiya Janata Party candidate CK Ramamurthy was declared the winner by 16 votes in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar constituency. Planted. He opposed the order of the electoral body.

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