15 MLAs may be suspended for Karnataka Assembly ruckus

Fifteen MLAs from Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) may be suspended for raking up the Karnataka Assembly and stalling the proceedings of the House, reports said on Thursday.

An Assembly committee, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Appachu Ranjan, on Thursday recommended to Speaker KG Bopaiah the suspension of eight MLAs for one year and seven MLAs for six months.

The MLAs under one year suspension recommendation are Rehman Khan, Kakaso Pandvraj Patel, Haris, UT Qadir (all Congress), Zameer Khan, CS Putraju, Krishnapa and HC Balakrishna (all JDS).

The MLAs under six-month suspension recommendation are BK Sangmesh, Suresh Gowda, HP Manjunath, PM Ashah (all Congress), Bandema Kashem, K Raju, KB Bachegowda (all JDS).

Proceedings in the Karnataka state Assembly had to be adjourned for the fourth day in a row as the Opposition continued their noisy protests on Thursday.

Congress and JD-S members marched into the well of the House yet again, objecting the election of the deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and shouting slogans against the ruling government for corruption.

They said the protests were not directed towards the appointment of Yogish Bhat as the deputy Speaker, but were against the election procedure which was carried out in the absence of a number of MLAs.

Starting Monday, the Assembly Session had to be called off after the Opposition started clamouring for not being allowed to discuss corruption charges against Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.