18 BJP MLAs suspended from Karnataka Assembly

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Pic/PTI

Eighteen BJP MLAs were suspended for six months from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday for "disrespecting" Speaker U T Khader after a resolution, was moved by the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister.

The incident occurred on the last day of the Assembly's budget session, when BJP MLAs staged a massive protest. They climbed onto the podium and threw papers at the Speaker.

The protest was sparked by opposition anger over the allocation of a four percent reservation to Muslims in public contracts. Earlier, the BJP had protested, accusing the state government of attempting to "honey trap" a minister and demanding a judicial probe into the matter.

Among those 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.

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