Bengaluru, March 22 -- The Karnataka assembly on Friday witnessed high drama, with Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular) creating a ruckus demanding a judicial probe by a sitting high court judge into the alleged "honey-trap" attempt involving a minister and other politicians, leading to the suspension of 18 BJP legislators for six months for "disrespecting" Speaker UT Khader.

The suspension resolution, moved by state's parliamentary affairs minister HK Patil, was adopted by the assembly. Earlier, BJP and JD(S) members stormed into the well of the House, protesting with CDs in hand and shouting slogans, even as chief minister Siddaramaiah assured them of a high-level probe into alleged "honey-trap" allegations....