New Delhi, March 21 -- Karnataka Assembly Speaker UT Khader on Friday suspended 18 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from the assembly for creating a ruckus and disrupting the proceedings over the 'honey-trap' scandal.

Doddanagouda Patil, Ashwath Narayan and Munirathna are among 18 BJP MLAs suspended for 'disrespecting' the Chair.

Demanding an answer from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah before he responded to the debate on the 2025-26 State Budget, BJP MLA Sunil Kumar raised the issue of the "honey-trap controversy" involving politicians.

The opposition BJP and JD(S) demanded a judicial probe by a sitting High Court judge into the alleged 'honey-trap' attempt involving a minister and other politicians.

Later, the BJP MLAs entered the Well...