Ex-CM Bommai, others detained outside Karnataka Assembly for protesting suspension of MLAs
BJP MLAs, including former CM Basavaraj Bommai, who staged protest outside Karnataka Assembly, detained and taken away in a police vehicle. BJP MLAs, including former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, were detained and taken to the Vidhana Soudha police station for staging a demonstration outside the Karnataka Assembly in protest against the suspension of 10 party legislators. JD(S) second-in-command and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy too had briefly joined the BJP during the protest.
Bommai termed the suspension "illegal" and "murder of democracy". He alleged that the Siddaramaiah government has adopted a "dictatorial" attitude and is trying to stifle the voice of the opposition. "We will take the issue to the people".
Ten BJP MLAs were suspended from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the remainder of the session by Speaker U T Khader for their "indecent and disrespectful conduct" in the House on Wednesday. The 10 MLAs are C N Ashwath Narayan, V Sunil Kumar, R Ashoka, Araga Jnanendra (all former Ministers), D Vedavyasa Kamath, Yashpal Suvarna, Dheeraj Muniraj, A Umanath Kotian, Arvind Bellad and Y Bharath Shetty. The assembly session began on July three and is slated to end on July 21.
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