Bengaluru, Feb. 5 -- The state legislative assembly was adjourned on Wednesday, after it witnessed a sustained disruption by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular) legislators regarding demands for the resignation of excise minister RB Timmapur over large-scale corruption allegations concerning his department.

The protest followed an overnight sit-in inside the Vidhana Soudha by BJP legislators, including state president BY Vijayendra and Leader of Opposition in the assembly, R Ashoka. The demonstration began Tuesday after Timmapur declined to resign.

The LoP alleged that irregularities in liquor licensing and departmental transfers had reached nearly Rs.6,000 crore, citing claims attributed to a wine merchants' associati...