Hand over honey trap probe to CBI: State BJP chief

House marshals remove legislators as they enter Well of the House, tear and throw papers at Speaker; state bandh today on transport driver attack

- TDG NETWORK

The Karnataka Speaker on Friday suspended 18 BJP MLAs for six months for disrupting proceedings of the Assembly.

Dramatic scenes unfolded in the House and visuals showed House marshals picking up BJP MLAs and carrying them outside the House.

A Bill was tabled by Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil.

Ruckus erupted in the Assembly as BJP MLAs entered the Well of the House and also tore and threw papers at the Speaker UT Khader's chair.

The Bill granting four per cent reservation to minorities including Muslims in contract work was passed by Karnataka Assembly.

Meanwhile, a state-wide bandh has been called by Kannada Okkuta on March 22 to protest the recent attack on a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) driver in Maharashtra is unlikely to