CM Shivakumar 'Minister Ramalinga Resignation Issue Resolved'

Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar early on Saturday said that the crisis triggered by Minister Ramalinga Reddy's resignation over portfolio allocation has been resolved after marathon discussions with the senior Congress leader. 

Shivakumar met Reddy for nearly two-and-a-half hours at a private hotel in Jayanagar late on Friday night amid efforts by the Congress leadership to persuade the veteran leader to withdraw his



resignation.

The meeting went on till the wee hours of Saturday. Senior Congress leaders and some of Reddy's close associates were also involved in the discussions. "This is a family matter. 

We will all sit together and talk. Everything has been resolved," Shivakumar told reporters after emerging from the meeting around 1.30 am. "He has expressed his grievance; it was a case of miscommunication. Something has happened, and we will sort it out.