Disruption in Karnataka Assembly over Shivalinge Gowda’s remarks

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K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, Congress MLA from Arsikere constituency, during the Karnataka Assembly league   successful  Bengaluru connected  February 4, 2026.

K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, Congress MLA from Arsikere constituency, during the Karnataka Assembly league successful Bengaluru connected February 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: peculiar arrangement

Alleged unparliamentary words exchanged betwixt Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members and Congress subordinate K.M. Shivalinge Gowda led to chaos successful the Assembly connected Wednesday. The Speaker ordered for the words to beryllium expunged. While Mr. Gowda alleged helium was provoked due to the fact that the BJP members called him a “thief”, it was not portion of the records arsenic the members were successful the good of the House continuing their overnight dharna demanding the resignation of Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur. 

The House had to beryllium adjourned for a fewer minutes, for the Speaker to effort to broker bid betwixt the 2 sides.

Though Speaker U.T. Khader asked some sides to explicit regret, neither did. Leader of Opposition R. Ashok said that this was a atrocious precedent acceptable successful the Assembly. BJP subordinate V. Sunil Kumar work retired past instances of unparliamentary words utilized by Mr. Gowda expunged from records, arguing helium was prone to usage specified language.

Published - February 05, 2026 12:43 americium IST

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