Bengaluru, April 2 -- Karnataka BJP leaders, led by Legislative Council Leader of Opposition (LoP) Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, staged a protest outside the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday over the suspension of 18 party MLAs from the state assembly.

The suspension, imposed for six months amid the ongoing 'honey-trap' controversy, has drawn sharp criticism from the opposition.

Karnataka BJP Chief and MLA BY Vijayendra expressed outrage over the suspension, stating, "18 BJP MLAs were suspended with unheard of strict conditions when they were protesting on the floor of the house peacefully. What nonsense is this? We respect the Speaker's chair, but the Speaker should not have acted unconstitutionally and as an agent of the state government."

He ...