Here's The List Of Suspended BJP MLAs In Karnataka Assembly

The Karnataka Assembly has suspended 18 BJP MLAs for disrespecting Speaker U T Khader.

State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil moved the resolution to suspend and adopted by the Assembly on Friday, the last day of the assembly's budget session.

The opposition BJP MLAs staged a massive protest, legislators climbed onto the podium where Speaker Khader's chair is situated and threw papers at him. The MLAs were protested over the allocation of a four percent reservation to Muslims in public contracts. Prior to this, the BJP members raised slogans and protested over the government's attempt to "honey trap".

The suspended MLAs were forcefully evicted by marshals.

List of Suspended MLAs

• Doddanna Gouda Patil
• C N Ashwath Narayan
• S R Vishwanath
• B A Basavaraju
• M R Patil
• Channabasappa
• B Suresh Gowda
• Umanath Kotyan
• Sharanu Salagar
• Dr Shailendra Beldale
• C K Ramamurthy
• Yashpal Suvarna
• B P Harish
• Bharath Shetty
• Dheeraj Muniraju
• Chandru Lamani
• Muniratna
• Basavaraj Mattimood.

They demanded a judicial probe into the matter, even as the Chief Minister addressed the budget discussion.

Reading out the suspension order, Khader said, "The incident has hurt us a lot and it's painful. This seat is not just a chair. This is the symbol of democracy, truth and justice. To speak from this chair is a matter of pride. Every member should protect the dignity and sanctity of this chair. None of us are above the chair. Our personal sentiments should not be above the dignity of this chair. We should behave with commitment, calm and civilised way. Let this incident be a lesson for us. Let us in the coming days respect constitution and sanctity of this chair."

"This chair cannot tolerate interrupting the proceedings of the House, ignoring the dignity of the Chair and behaving in a way that damages the parliamentary traditions," he added.