India's Businessmen-Turned-Politicians
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 00:00 IST   |    1 Comments
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G. Janardan Reddy
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Gali Janardhana Reddy is an Indian politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party and one of the richest politicians of Karnataka. He has been caught up in the gigantic illegal mining scandal in Bellary and the related Belekeri port scam. Janardhana Reddy is at the center of the illegal iron-ore mining controversy in the Karnataka government. He was the Minister of Tourism and Infrastructure in the government of Karnataka and a Member of the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) from the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2009, a Supreme Court of India appointed central empowerment committee recommended action against Reddy-owned Obulapuram Mining Company. An FIR in the case was filed with the Central Bureau of Investigation. Also, the Lokayukta or ombudsman for Karnataka, retired Justice of the Supreme Court Santosh Hegde, had also indited him and his two powerful brothers, all of whom were cabinet ministers at the time, in the mining scam