In another headache for Karnataka BJP, friends Janardhan Reddy and B Sriramulu turn foes; threaten to release documents against each other

The BJP MLA said Sriramulu had arrived 3 days precocious to run astatine Sandur. “Yet, I worked with him and campaigned for the polls… I person not bad-mouthed Ramulu (Sriramulu). His allegations person wounded me,” Reddy said, claiming that helium had sheltered the erstwhile curate since his comparative was murdered successful 1991.

Responding to media queries, Reddy said that Agarwal’s presumption connected the Sandur decision could person been based connected quality reports. Another crushed for Sriramulu’s onslaught connected him, helium said, could beryllium that helium “was unsettled by the maturation of Bangaru Hanumanthu”. Hanumanthu, similar Sriramulu, hails from an ST assemblage and precocious mislaid the Sandur by-poll.

“If helium wants to permission the party, helium is escaped to bash so. But making allegations against maine is not right,” Reddy said, adding that if agencies investigate, respective cases related to Sriramulu volition travel out. “I volition speech astir it erstwhile the clip comes,” helium said.

Sriramulu deed backmost astatine Reddy saying that helium had grown successful authorities owed to “his ain credibility” and “not by virtuousness of Reddy”. Accusing Reddy of trying to picture him arsenic a transgression successful media platforms, helium said that helium had grounds of each acts committed by Reddy. “I volition spot it earlier the radical erstwhile the clip comes,” helium added.

According to the erstwhile minister, Reddy was aggravated with him due to the fact that helium was not among those who welcomed him erstwhile the Supreme Court allowed Reddy to enactment successful Ballari successful 2024. He was barred from entering the metropolis pursuing his apprehension successful an illegal mining scam successful 2011.

“Since I did not attend, helium issued a media connection that I was down with a superior disease,” helium said, claiming that this was the crushed for Reddy’s choler against him.