Bengaluru: Karnataka Speaker UT Khader ordered the suspension of 10 BJP MLAs from the assembly session for disrespecting the Speaker's chair in the House.
BJP MLAs Ashwath Narayan, Sunil Kumar, Yashpal Suvarna, R. Ashok, Umanath Kotyan, Aravinda Bellad, Bharat Shetty, Vedavyas Kamath, Dheeraj Muniraju, Araga Gyanendra were suspended. All 10 BJP MLAs can't take part in the assembly discussions till the end of the session for disrespecting by tearing and throwing copy of the bill on the Speaker's chair.
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BJP members continued their protest as the proceedings started after the lunch break. The Speaker raised objection over the fact that they were allegedly wasting time during the important session. "Go to your seat. The state will not tolerate your behavior. You behaved unruly," the Speaker said. He said in a democracy, disrespect to the Vice-President's bench will not be tolerated.
At the same time, the ruling party's whip Ashok Pattan demanded that action should be taken for disrespecting the Speaker. Reacting to the Speaker's action, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, "This is the black day in the annals of Vidhan Sabha. There is a murder of democracy in the Vidhan Sabha. The Siddaramaiah government is a Hitler government, a dictator government, who just to cover up their faults and corruption, are using Speaker office and the Speaker has become a tool in the hands of the ruling party. We will take this fight to the people and we will appeal to the Governor and President also to take appropriate action under the Constitution as the rights of the MLAs have been totally demolished and there is no democracy in Karnataka now."
Later, Law Minister HK Patil moved the suspension proposal. He proposed to suspend 10 MLAs immediately till the end of the session. The Speaker accepted the proposal and adjourned the proceedings for 10 minutes.
