Senior Congress leader and Karnataka minister Ramalinga Reddy has resigned from the DK Shivakumar-led government, reportedly over dissatisfaction with his cabinet portfolio. Reddy, who was expecting the Bengaluru Development portfolio, was instead assigned the Major and Medium Irrigation department. Claiming he had been promised Bengaluru Development, the eight-time MLA publicly expressed disappointment after signing his resignation letter. The development has sparked speculation about internal tensions within the newly formed Karnataka government just days after the cabinet was constituted.