Bengaluru, Jan. 23 -- Karnataka Congress leaders on Friday strongly criticised the Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot's recent walkout from the assembly without reading the complete address drafted by the state government, with Congress MLC M Nagaraju Yadav calling for his removal from the post.

Yadav reacted strongly to the recent controversy, targeting the central government, "The BJP should not turn out this matter like this.", implying that the governor was instructed by them.

He claimed that a senior Congress leader appealed to the Governor to fulfil his duties at the Assembly.

"Hariprasad, a senior leader of the Congress party, was trying to request the Governor, saying that there is a purpose to your coming to the joint session, you h...