State legislative assembly speaker UT Khader adjourned the session and walked out of the House after expressing displeasure over the government's failure to provide written responses to questions submitted by legislators.
The disruption followed complaints from opposition members that a large number of unstarred questions raised by MLAs had not received replies from the concerned departments.
Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka pointed out that replies had been provided to fewer than half the unstarred questions over the past several days of the session.
Khader said he had repeatedly instructed the government to ensure that answers were furnished on time but had seen little improvement.
He reminded the government that he had issued directions from the Chair multiple times seeking compliance and stated that the ministers and the concerned departmental secretaries would have to explain the lapse.
Following the adjournment, Khader held a meeting with chief minister Siddaramaiah, senior ministers and officials from various departments to address the issue.
Later in the day, Parameshwara said the chief minister had instructed principal secretaries of all departments to issue notices to officials responsible for delays and to suspend those who had kept a large number of replies pending.
