14 Congress MLCs suspended for a day from Karnataka Legislative Council

Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 15 (ANI): 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 SR Patil, BK Hariprasad, N Narayanaswamy, MA Gopalaswamy, Naseer Ahmed, CM Lingappa, UB Venkatesh, Aravind Arali, Pratap Chandra Shetty, CM Ibrahim, Harish Kumar, Veena Achaiah, RB Thimmapura and Basavaraj Itagi.
Meanwhile, the ruling BJP secured a total of 11 seats, Congress won 11 seats, Janta Dal-Secular (JDS) 2 and Independent 1 in Karnataka Legislative Council elections.
The election was held on December 10. (ANI)