Bengaluru, April 28 -- Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly R Ashoka met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Monday and sought his intervention to revoke the suspension of 18 party MLAs from the Legislative Assembly.

Ashoka said they had protested in the assembly during its session last month against four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts and had also sought a probe into alleged "honey-trap" attempts against Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna. He said the suspension of party MLAs from the assembly is hindering their work.

"We met the Governor. In the last session, the BJP had protested over Minister Rajanna's honeytrap issue and Muslim reservations. Speaker UT Khader's decision to s...