Bengaluru, March 22 -- Eighteen BJP MLAs were suspended for six months from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday for "disrespecting" Speaker UT Khader. The suspension resolution, moved by state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil, was adopted by the Assembly.
The incident occurred on the last day of the assembly's budget session, when the opposition BJP MLAs staged a massive protest. The legislators climbed onto the podium where Speaker Khader's chair is situated and threw papers at him. The protest was sparked by opposition anger over the allocation of a four percent reservation to Muslims in public contracts.
Earlier, the BJP members had protested from the well of the house, accusing the government of attempting to "...