Bengaluru, March 18 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah has warned ministers and senior officials against undermining the authority of the legislature, a day after Karnataka legislative assembly speaker UT Khader walked out after adjourning the session over his displeasure at the lack of responses to questions posed by legislators.

In a letter sent after the Assembly sitting on March 16, the chief minister wrote, "A list of department-wise questions that have remained unanswered from the 1st Session to the 9th Session of the 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly (2023-26) has been prepared. It has been observed that, as of the Assembly sitting held on March 16, 2026, out of 245 questions, only 90 have been answered so far."

He warned that the ...