Overview
- Thaawarchand Gehlot read only the opening and closing lines before leaving the Karnataka Legislature, defying the cabinet-approved speech.
- Raj Bhavan had objected to 11 paragraphs critical of the Centre, including references to replacing MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G Act and fund devolution issues.
- A delegation led by Law Minister H.K. Patil proposed wording changes to several disputed sections but refused to drop the MGNREGA-related paragraph.
- The truncated address sparked uproar on the House floor, with Congress members protesting, marshals intervening and proceedings later disrupted.
- BJP leaders defended the Governor’s stance as avoiding attacks on the Union government, as similar governor–state confrontations unfolded this week in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.