Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Reddy Vows BJP Comeback in Ballari, Attacks Congress
Gali Janardhana Reddy is a BJP politician from Ballari in Karnataka.
He asked people to vote for the BJP in every Assembly seat in the district at the next election.
He said the party had helped build roads, schools and a hospital in Kampli.
Reddy said he wants Ballari to become a BJP stronghold again, as it was in 2008.
He also talked about being jailed and staying away from Ballari for many years.
He said a court judgment found that the state government had not lost money because of him.
Reddy criticized Congress over the defeat of B Sriramulu and the Valmiki Corporation case.
He also remembered Sushma Swaraj’s connection with Ballari.
The speech was part of the BJP’s Ballari Chalo walking campaign.
BJP MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy urged voters to help the party win every Assembly constituency in Ballari in the next election.
Speaking during the BJP’s Ballari Chalo padayatra, Reddy promised to restore Ballari as a BJP stronghold.
He highlighted roads, an ITI, a polytechnic college and a government hospital established in Kampli under a BJP government.
Reddy said he had been jailed for four years and kept away from Ballari for 14 years over what he called baseless allegations.
He accused Congress of responsibility for the Valmiki Corporation case and alleged that funds meant for the Valmiki community were misused.
- Who
- BJP MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy spoke at a public meeting during the BJP’s Ballari Chalo padayatra.
- What
- Reddy called for the BJP to win all Assembly constituencies in Ballari and attacked Congress over political and legal controversies.
- When
- Sunday; the next election was not dated in the articles.
- Where
- Ambedkar Circle in Kampli, Ballari district, Karnataka.
- Why
- Reddy sought to rebuild Ballari as a BJP stronghold and urged voters to support the party and Suresh Babu.
Congress Criticism
BJP Defense and Counterattack
Valmiki Corporation case
Congress Criticism
Reddy alleged that Congress was responsible for the case and made former minister B Nagendra a scapegoat.
BJP Defense and Counterattack
Reddy presented the BJP as separate from the alleged misuse of funds and said Congress, not the BJP, was responsible.
Reddy’s legal history
Congress Criticism
The articles report that Reddy faced cases, spent four years in jail and was kept away from Ballari for 14 years; the articles do not provide Congress’s response.
BJP Defense and Counterattack
Reddy called the allegations baseless and said a CBI court judgment found that the state exchequer had not lost even a rupee because of him.
Record of governance
Congress Criticism
Reddy criticized Congress politically and linked it to the defeat of B Sriramulu, but no Congress response to his development claims was included.
BJP Defense and Counterattack
Reddy credited a BJP government with four-lane roads, an ITI, a polytechnic college and a government hospital in Kampli.
- Speaker
- Gali Janardhana Reddy, BJP MLA
- Location
- Ambedkar Circle, Kampli, Ballari district
- Political objective
- BJP victory in all Ballari Assembly constituencies at the next election
- Previous benchmark
- The BJP won all Ballari Assembly constituencies in 2008, according to Reddy’s appeal
- Development works cited
- Four-lane roads, an ITI, a polytechnic college and a government hospital in Kampli
- Reddy’s account
- He said he was jailed for four years and kept away from Ballari for 14 years
- Legal claim
- Reddy said a CBI court judgment found that the state exchequer suffered no loss because of him