Bengaluru, Jan. 22 -- Karnataka Opposition Leader R Ashoka on Thursday defended Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot over his refusal to deliver the customary address at the start of the Joint Legislature Session of the State Assembly and wrote a letter to the Speaker U.T. Khader demanding disciplinary action against Congress MLAs and MLCs who allegedly disrespected him.

Opposition Leader R. Ashoka has demanded, in a letter to Speaker U.T. Khader, that disciplinary action be taken against members of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council who showed disrespect when the Governor was leaving the House. He has also posted on the social media platform X regarding the same.

"Congress party legislators behaved like street rowdies and showed ...