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G Janardhan Reddy

G Janardhana Reddy is an Indian politician and is currently associated with BSR Congress party. He is famously known as one of the richest politician of Karnataka. He was formerly associated with Bharatya Janata Party (BJP) and is known to be the kingmaker in Karnataka politics. He is also been implicated in the illegal mining scandal in Bekkary and Belekeri port scam and has also been arrested in the mining scandal. After being arrested and sent to judicial custody, all three Reddy brothers along with the then Chief Minister Yedyurappa were removed from their ministerial positions. Subsequently, they broke away from the BJP. While Yeddyurappa formed the Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) party, the Reddy brothers joined up with B Sriramulu to form the BSR Congress party. He is also known as 'Mining King'.

Born on 11^th January 1967 in Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh, Janardhan Reddy along with his brothers G Karunakara Reddy and G Somashekhara Reddy were born in a Telugu speaking family. His father Changa Reddy was a police constable. Janardhan Reddy along with his brothers grew up in Bellary. He never had any college education and he started his journey to become one of the richest politicians as a chit fund agent. Later in 1990, he started Ennoble India Savings and Investments India and later news daily titled Ennama Kannada Nadu. However, later in 1998, his company Ennoble India Savings collapsed leaving unpaid debts of over Rs 200 Crores. He came into limelight in 1999 after the Congress party did not give the election ticket to loyal Sriramulu and after this decision of the Congress party, the Reddy brothers went to BJP. At the same time they came into contact with senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj as she contested Lok Sabha elections against Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Sushma Swaraj lost the elections in that elections even though Reddy brothers helped her lot. After this, the Reddys became close associates of the BJP. In Andhra Pradesh, Reddy brothers were with the BJP but they were close friends of YSR who belong to Congress Party. Later, Reddy became close friends of YSR's son Jaganmohan Reddy and they partnered to start Brahmani Steels in YSR's home town Kadapa. In year 2001, Janardhana Reddy set up the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) with an initial capital of Rs. 10 lakh and later in year 2002, he became the director. Due to his strong political connection and background, OMC started to control or take over the other mining companies and reported a turnover of R 35 crores by 2004. By March 2009, OMC reported turnover of Rs.3000 Crore. Reddy now controlled Andhra Pradesh and they enjoyed close relations with YSR - the then Chief Minister of Karnataka a congress party leader. Reddy brothers became so powerful in mid 2009 that they in a compromise with Yeddyurappa, forced the removal of a Karnataka's minister Shobha Karandlaje and chief secretary (IAS officer) V.P. Baligar.

In July 2011, the Lokayukta of Karnataka, Santosh Hegde, published a report on the illegal mining activities in the Bellary Region. Janardhana Reddy was accused of completely rigging the iron ore mining in this area and defrauding the government. Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation officials had clues to tax evasion and found that Reddy had entered into a MoU with a one-dollar company of Singapore to camouflage the company's income suppression. They raided the place along with other investigative agencies and formed a report which was the basis of the report on illegal mining. Reddy is said to have designed a "Zero Risk System" of iron ore mining, where he seamlessly provided protection to unauthorized and unaccounted mining, with active connivance from government officials at all levels. The rule of the iron ore mafia under his command was called the "Republic of Bellary" in which no external control or governance mechanism had any effect. Janardhana Reddy was arrested on 5 September 2011 by the CBI, and taken to Hyderabad, the capital of the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh. He is accused of being involved in illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary in Karnataka and Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. This investigation is the culmination of a recommendation to Income Tax Department and CBI by the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and not directly related to the findings of Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde. After the CBI court heard his lawyers representations, he along with his brother-in-law, B. V. Srinivas Reddy were remanded to judicial custody and sent to Chanchalguda Jail. The CBI in its ongoing investigations also arrested senior officers of the IAS and IRS. A CBI court on 4 August 2012, extended the judicial custody of Janardhana Reddy and four others arrested in the illegal mining case till 7 September. SC granted bail to mining baron Janardhan Reddy on 21st Jan 2015.

He has been recently in news for the big fat wedding held even after the demonetization of 500 and 1000 notes.

Ponzi Scam: Mining Baron Janardhan Reddy Granted Bail
India.com News Desk | November 14, 2018 7:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Mining baron and former Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister G Janardhan Reddy...
Ponzi Scam: Mining Baron Janardhan Reddy Granted Bail
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Janardhan Reddy gets bail in bribery case
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Bengaluru (Karnataka), Nov 14 (ANI): The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court here ...
Janardhan Reddy gets bail in bribery case
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Ponzi Scam: Janardhan Reddy Sent to Judicial Custody Till November 24; Bail Plea to be Heard Tomorrow, Says Minister's Lawyer
India.com News Desk | November 11, 2018 1:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Ballari mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy who was arrested by...
Ponzi Scam: Janardhan Reddy Sent to Judicial Custody Till November 24; Bail Plea to be Heard Tomorrow, Says M
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Police arrest mining baron Janardhan Reddy in bribery case
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Former BJP minister and Bellary's mining baron Gali Jan...
Police arrest mining baron Janardhan Reddy in bribery case
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Plastic Ban: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to Spread Awareness on Ill-Effects of Plastic
India.com News Desk | July 4, 2018 6:08 AM IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) July 4: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has has taken up a series ...
Plastic Ban: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to Spread Awareness on Ill-Effects of Plastic
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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Amit Shah Decided to Give Tickets to Reddy Brothers: B S Yeddyurappa
India.com News Desk | May 2, 2018 7:27 PM IST
New Delhi, May 2: Bhartiya Janata Party s (BJP) chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa on Wedne...
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: Amit Shah Decided to Give Tickets to Reddy Brothers: B S Yeddyurappa
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DRI seizes machinery worth Rs 189-cr for evading customs duty
PTI Feeds | January 22, 2018 7:13 PM IST
Hyderabad, Jan 22 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized machinery worth Rs ...
DRI seizes machinery worth Rs 189-cr for evading customs duty
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SC rejects plea of ex-K'taka minister for nod to go to Bellary
PTI Feeds | September 4, 2017 7:07 PM IST
New Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of mining baron and former Karnataka...
SC rejects plea of ex-K'taka minister for nod to go to Bellary
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Six killed in fire at air cooler manufacturing unit
PTI Feeds | February 22, 2017 3:38 PM IST
Hyderabad, Feb 22 (PTI) Six workers were today charred to death after a major fire broke out at an a...
Six killed in fire at air cooler manufacturing unit
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Janardhan Reddy's aide Bheema Nayak arrested on suicide note of former driver
Roshan Jha | December 11, 2016 2:14 PM IST
Karnataka, December 11: Karnataka Baron mining Janardhan Reddy's right hand man Bheema Nayak has bee...
Janardhan Reddy's aide Bheema Nayak arrested on suicide note of former driver
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Rs 100 crore converted to white money for Janardhan Reddy, alleges driver K C Ramesh's death note
Press Trust of India | December 7, 2016 8:08 PM IST
Bengaluru, Dec 7: After the opulent wedding of his daughter post demonetisation, G Janardhan Reddy i...
Rs 100 crore converted to white money for Janardhan Reddy, alleges driver K C Ramesh's death note
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Janardhan Reddy converted Rs 100 crore black money into white, says suicide note of Driver of Karnataka officer
Shubhang Chauhan | December 7, 2016 3:34 PM IST
Bengaluru, Dec 7: Ramesh Gowda , driver of Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS)officer, committed ...
Janardhan Reddy converted Rs 100 crore black money into white, says suicide note of Driver of Karnataka offic
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Janardhan Reddy converted Rs100 crore black money into white money: Karnataka driver in suicide note
Roshan Jha | December 7, 2016 6:02 PM IST
Bengaluru, Dec 7: Ramesh Gowda the driver of Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officer committe...
Janardhan Reddy converted Rs100 crore black money into white money: Karnataka driver in suicide note
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Nitin Gadkari's daughter's big fat wedding: 50 chartered planes to ferry VVIPs? Guests list includes PM Modi, Mukesh Ambani
Shubhang Chauhan | December 4, 2016 10:44 AM IST
Mumbai, Dec 4: Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari s daughter Ke...
Nitin Gadkari's daughter's big fat wedding: 50 chartered planes to ferry VVIPs? Guests list includes PM Modi,
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Firms of Janardhan Reddy raided by Income Tax Department as he comes under radar for daughter's star-studded wedding
Shubhang Chauhan | November 21, 2016 4:59 PM IST
Bengaluru, November 21: The much hyped wedding of former BJP minister Janardhan Reddy s daughter fas...
Firms of Janardhan Reddy raided by Income Tax Department as he comes under radar for daughter's star-studded
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Janardhan Reddy’s daughter's wedding attracts critisism from anti corruption activists, investigation demanded
Srividhya Iyer | November 17, 2016 9:25 AM IST
Karnataka, November 17: Amidst the government's moves to act against corruption and black money, one...
Janardhan Reddy’s daughter's wedding attracts critisism from anti corruption activists, investigation deman
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Karnataka ex-minister Gali Janardhan Reddy's daughter's wedding card will put all big fat wedding invites to shame!
Nithya Nair | October 19, 2016 1:58 PM IST
Bengaluru, Oct 19: Adding more royalty to a big fat wedding, here is a wedding card that invites its...
Karnataka ex-minister Gali Janardhan Reddy's daughter's wedding card will put all big fat wedding invites to
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Greater Hyderabad civic body repoll on February 5
Indo-Asian News Service | February 4, 2016 10:19 PM IST
Hyderabad, Feb 4: Repolling in one division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will b...
Greater Hyderabad civic body repoll on February 5
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2016-02-04T11:19:40+00:00
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Mining baron Janardhan Reddy's office, house raided by Lokayukta Police
Press Trust of India | December 29, 2015 9:00 PM IST
Ballari (Karna), Dec 29 Lokayukta Police today raided the premises of former minister and mining bar...
Mining baron Janardhan Reddy's office, house raided by Lokayukta Police
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Karnataka Lokayukta Police raids Janardhan Reddy residence and office in Bellary
Indo-Asian News Service | December 29, 2015 7:59 PM IST
Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta Police raided former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Janardhan...
Karnataka Lokayukta Police raids Janardhan Reddy residence and office in Bellary
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