Karnataka: 18 BJP MLAs suspended for six months for ‘disrespecting’ meeting speaker

Eighteen BJP MLAs had been suspended for six months from the Karnataka legislative meeting on Friday for “disrespecting” speaker U.T. Khader. The suspension decision, moved by the legislation and parliamentary affairs minister, was adopted by the meeting.

The incident occurred on the final day of the meeting’s finances session, when BJP MLAs staged an enormous protest. The legislators climbed onto the rostrum the place Khader’s chair is located, and threw papers at him.

The protest was sparked by opposition anger over the allocation of a 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts.

Earlier, the BJP had protested from the nicely of the home, accusing the federal government of making an attempt to “honey entice” a minister and demanding a judicial probe into the matter, whilst chief minister Siddaramaiah addressed the finances dialogue.

Amongst these suspended are BJP chief whip Doddanna Gouda Patil, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, B.A. Basavaraju, M.R. Patil, Sharanu Salagar, Yashpal Suvarna, B.P. Harish, Bharat Shetty, Muniratna and Basavaraj Mattimood.