Highlights
Congress MLCs forcefully dragged and pulled down the Chairman from the chair.
Several members and marshals of council allegedly manhandled in the melee.
BENGALURU: A pandemonium broke out at the Karnataka Legislative Council on Tuesday (December 15) as Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda was literally pulled down from the Chairman s seat and the House was adjourned sine die without taking up any business.
After it was adjourned sine die originally on December 10, the council was convened for a day by the government, accusing the Chairman K Pratapachandra Shetty of abruptly adjourning the session, for today.
The BJP had called a session on the direction of the Governor to move a no-confidence motion against Pratap Chandra Shetty, chairman of the Legislative Council. BJP, which has less number in the Legislative Council, had planned to remove the council Chairman of Congress with the support of JDS.