BENGALURU: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, defending his government's decision to give sanction to file an FIR against then MLA and now deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, said the decision of his government was based on the request made by the CBI and ED to file an FIR and had taken the approval of the advocate-general for the purpose.
He added that the present Siddaramaiah government was protecting Shivakumar by deciding to withdraw the sanction given and termed it as “illegal”.
