Suspension of 10 BJP MLAs from Karnataka Assembly: Speaker, Deputy Speaker met Governor and informed about the situation – News18

Karnataka Assembly Speaker UT Khadar along with Deputy Speaker Rudrappa Lamani and Assembly Secretary MK Vishalakshi met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Thursday and reportedly apprised him of the circumstances that led to the suspension of 10 BJP MLAs till the end of the session.

The assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution suspending 10 MLAs, including four former ministers, R Ashok, Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, V Sunil Kumar and Araga Gyanendra.

He was suspended for his “indecent and disrespectful conduct” as he tore copies of bills and agenda documents and threw them towards the Speaker.

The BJP as well as the JD(S) boycotted the proceedings on Thursday in protest against the suspension.

When the proceedings began this morning, only G Janardhana Reddy (Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha (KRPP)) was present in the House from the opposition.

The BJP MLAs decided to meet the Governor and hand over the memorandum.

The Assembly witnessed chaotic and unruly scenes on Wednesday as angry BJP legislators tore copies of bills and agenda and threw them at the Deputy Speaker presiding over the House, following which Speaker Khader suspended 10 of them for the rest of the session. suspended.

In turn, the MLAs of the opposition BJP and JD(S) served a notice of no-confidence against the Speaker to the Assembly Secretary.

The developments came to light after both the opposition parties, BJP and JD(S), protested in the Assembly against the Congress government for allegedly “misusing” IAS officers for a meeting of 26 opposition party leaders. Held in Bengaluru on Monday and Tuesday.

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