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Bengaluru: Uproar and protest by BJP legislators against the JD-S-Congress coalition government on Thursday forced the Karnataka legislature, comprising Assembly and Council, to adjourn. The Budget session began on a stormy note on Wednesday amid BJP legislators’ protests, forcing Governor Vajubhai Vala to cut short his address to a joint session. “We are protesting because the JD-S-Congress coalition does not have the support of the majority. Chief Minister, step down!” the legislators screamed, alleging that the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government was in power despite “not having majority”. They do not have the moral right to present a new Budget under such circumstances,” BJP state unit President B.S..