India, May 26 -- Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker UT Khader on Sunday announced that the suspension of 18 BJP MLAs has been revoked, over two months after they were barred from the House for alleged misconduct.

The announcement came after a meeting between speaker Khader, chief minister Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, leader of the opposition R Ashoka, and law minister HK Patil.

The 18 BJP legislators were suspended on March 21 for six months after they were accused of behaving in a disorderly manner in the Assembly. The Speaker had described their actions as showing "indiscipline" and "disrespect" to the chair. Marshals had to remove them from the House after they refused to leave voluntarily.

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