Three ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka have resigned following allegations of watching porn videos in the legislative assembly.

According to Press Trust of India (PTI), it took just few minutes for the top BJP leaders, chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, state BJP chief K S Eshwarappa and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to decide, who met early on Wednesday morning to seek resignations from the three ministers - Lakshman Savdi, C C Patil and Krishna B Palemar - who were caught in an embarrassing situation.

The copies of their resignations have been forwarded to the governor for acceptance. While Savdi was holding cooperation portfolio, Patil was woman and child development minister, PTI said. Palemar was entrusted with ports and environment responsibilities.

Savdi and Patil were caught allegedly watching porn film clips on the former's cell phone on the floor in the legislative assembly. The ministers were caught even as the House was in the middle of the heated debate on the recent hoisting of Pakistan flag in Sindagi in Bijapur district.

According to the report, close up shots of the ministers watching blue films were beamed on television channels in the evening and sparked off a furore. The television visuals showed both the minister sitting next to each other, gazing into Savdi's hand set and having a banter.

This is for the first time that the Karnataka assembly is rocked by such a scandal. Savdi claimed that clips were forward by Palemar. Palemar, who had to pay a price for allegedly providing the blue film clippings to Savadi, said he was contemplating legal course over the issue, PTI said. nepalnews.com