Opposition In Karnataka Assembly Demand Immediate Resignation Of The Ministers
Bangalore: Television cameras caught two BJP ministers — Lakshman Savdi and C C Patil — allegedly watching porn clips on the former’s cell phone on the floor of the Karnataka legislative assembly on Tuesday.
While Savdi holds the cooperation portfolio, Patil is women & child development minister. It is a first for such a legislative low.
The ministers were caught in the act even as the House was in the middle of a heated debate on the recent hoisting of Pakistan flag in Sindagi taluk in Bijapur district.
Close-ups of the ministers watching the salacious clip were beamed on television channels in the evening and sparked off a furore.
The television visuals showed both ministers sitting next to each other, gazing into Savdi’s handset and exchanging banter.
Soon after the news hit the airwaves, opposition parties including the Congress leader Siddaramaiah and JD(S) leader YSV Datta demanded resignation of the ministers.
Siddaramaiah not only sought his resignation, but also urged the Speaker not to allow Savdi and Patil into the assembly. He said the ministers have been elected by the people and this action is an insult to the people.
“Disgraceful… this should not have happened,” said D H Shankaramurthy, chairman of the legislative council, said while asked about his reaction on the incident.
As the legislature will be in session till Friday, the issue is expected to generate a lot of heat.
After complaints from ruling party legislators, Speaker K G Bopaiah directed cameramen of various news channels to shift to the gallery from the floor of the House.
This turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the television crew in capturing the members’ surfing porn.
K’taka minister embarrasses BJP ahead of UP polls
With the Speaker of the BJP-ruled Karnataka assembly ordering a probe into minister Laxman Savadi watching pornography in the House on Tuesday, the party is faced with a big embarrassment ahead of the crucial UP polls. BJP’s national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said: “In politics it is very important to maintain high moral standards. There should be a probe into the matter, and the party will take cognizance of the matter.” Considering BJP calls itself a “party with a difference”, a senior member and a minister indulging in such frivolous acts comes as a big blow to the party, which has been campaigning against corruption that extends to morality apart from financial graft. That Karnataka government, the party’s first government in the south, has been mired in controversy for long.
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