
Embarrassed by two of its MLAs S.T. Somashekhar and Shivaram Hebbar violating the party whip in Rajya Sabha polls, the BJP has decided to submit a letter to Speaker U. T. Khader seeking their disqualification from the Assembly membership.
While Mr. Somashekhar cross-voted in favour of the Congress candidate, Mr. Hebbar abstained from voting in the Rajya Sabha polls in which the BJP-JD(S) alliance’s second candidate Kupendra Reddy was defeated.