Gali Somashekhara Reddy is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka associated with the BJPparty.
He is an (MLA) Vidhan Sabha 2 times of Karnataka representing the Bellary Assembly constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
[2][3] 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.
[4] 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.
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.