K\'taka Assembly adjourned for the day amid BJP protests

K'taka Assembly adjourned for the day amid BJP protests

Press Trust of India  |  Bengaluru 

The Assembly was adjourned for the day Thursday as MLAs disrupted proceedings for the second day alleging that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government lacked majority.

A chaotic scene greeted K R as he entered, with the MLAs in the Well of the House.

Before Kumar could take his seat and start the proceedings, the MLAs raised slogans like, 'Go backCM, Go back CM', 'Step Down CM, Step Down CM', 'Down down government without majority' and 'No unity, no majority'.

The agitating MLAs did not pay heed to the speaker's request that the BJP members resume their seats, prompting him to adjourn the proceedings for 10 minutes.

When the House met again, the BJP continued with its protest, forcing the to adjourn proceedings till 12.30 p.m Friday when will table the 2019-2020 budget.

A similar chaos prevailed in the Legislative Council where the BJP members trooped into the Well of the House and raised slogans saying the government has lost majority.

Disgruntled MLAs Umesh Jadhav, Mahesh Kumtalli,and B Nagendra, who are reportedly in touch with the BJP, remained absent for the second day and were incommunicado.

Absconding MLA J N Ganesh, for whom the police are on the lookout for allegedly assaulting fellow lawmaker during a brawl at a resort recently, too was absent.

"It is an anti-people government which lacks majorityand hence, it has no right to continue," state senior BJP and former R told reporters.

Ignoring the whip, nine Congress MLAs had skipped the legislature sitting Wednesday, giving the jitters to the ruling coalition on the opening day of the budget session itself.

Unruly BJP members created a ruckus disrupting the address of to the joint session of the legislature, forcing him to cut short his speech and read the last para.

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First Published: Thu, February 07 2019. 13:15 IST