Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on Wednesday suspended 14 Congress MLCs from the council for a day for carrying out a dharna demanding a debate on allegations of land-grabbing involving a minister and a BJP legislator.
Suspended members are S.R. Patil, B.K. Hariprasad, N. Narayanaswamy, M.A. Gopalaswamy, Naseer Ahmed, C.M. Lingappa, U.B. Venkatesh, Aravind Arali, Pratap Chandra Shetty, C.M. Ibrahim, Harish Kumar, Veena Achaiah, R.B. Thimmapura, and Basavaraj Itagi. Meanwhile, the ruling BJP secured a total of 11 seats, Congress won 11 seats, Janta Dal-Secular (JDS) won two seats, and Independent won one seat in Karnataka Legislative Council elections. The election was held on 10 December.