India, Aug. 18 -- The Karnataka Legislative Assembly proceedings witnessed disruption on Monday, with the Opposition staging a protest demanding the removal of Minister B Nagendra, who is facing charges in connection with the alleged embezzlement of crores of rupees at a State-run corporation, from the Cabinet.

As soon as the Speaker G S Patil called for question hour, the Opposition BJP and JD(S) raised the issue.

Leader of Opposition R Ashoka and BJP MLA Sunil Kumar raised the issue and questioned how they can participate in question hour with a "corrupt minister" here.

Demanding that Nagendra should be removed, Ashoka declared that, "We will not let the house function until he is dropped. The CM should remove him from the Cabinet im...