Karnataka: At least 9 BJP MLAs have been suspended by the Karnataka Speaker on Wednesday for creating ruckus in the assembly.
The BJP MLAs who have been suspended are -- Ashwath Narayan, Sunil Kumar, Vedvas Kamat, Bharat Shetty, R Ashok, Araga Gyanendra, Arvind Bellad, D Muniraju and Yashpal Suvarna.
They were suspended after they threw papers on Deputy Speaker while protesting against the deputation of IAS officers for Leaders of Opposition parties who had come to Bengaluru to attend Opposition parties meeting on July 17-18.
The MLAs will remain suspended from the rest of session of the Karnataka assembly.
In turn, MLAS of the opposition BJP and JD(S) gave notice of no confidence against Speaker Khader to the Assembly Secretary.
The turn of events unfolded following both the opposition parties staging a protest in the assembly against the Congress government for allegedly "misusing" IAS officers to work for the meeting of leaders of 26 opposition parties, which was held in Bengaluru in the past two days.
They were suspended after the House adopted a motion to this effect. The assembly session began on July 3 and is slated to end on July 21.
A few of the suspended BJP MLAs were forcibly taken out of the assembly chambers by marshals.
BJP legislators staged a protest against the Speaker's decision to suspend the 10 party MLAs, first outside his office and then at the Vidhana Soudha west gate. They were shortly joined by JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Senior BJP member Basanagouda Patil Yatnal was taken to hospital after he fell ill during the protest.
"He is stable and doing fine," BJP MLA Ashwath Narayan said after visiting him in hospital.
The protesting BJP MLAs, including former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, were detained and taken away by police.
Bommai and Kumaraswamy are among the BJP and JD(S) MLAs who signed the joint notice of no confidence against Speaker Khader.
With inputs from PTI
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