Bengaluru: A dedicated channel to broadcast the State legislature proceedings, will be launched by the state government said Minister for Infrastructure Development, Information and Haj R Roshan Baig on Wednesday. He refuted reports that the move to start the channel was aimed at curbing private news channels.

Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here, he said the presiding officers of both the Assembly and the Council had already approved a proposal to start a channel on the lines of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha channels. The proposal will be discussed in the coming budget session, he said.

The government has prepared the proposal based on the recommendation of a Assembly committee – that probed into the incident of certain MLAs watching obscene videos in the House in 2012.

The panel stated that private news channels should not be allowed to air the proceedings directly and suggested launching an exclusive channel.