<p>The governor guided the Opposition parties in drafting the complaint against him so that he could accord sanction for prosecution, Yeddyurappa said.<br /><br />The chief minister, while talking to reporters on Monday said the governor should seek a public apology for insulting him by calling him a thief. Otherwise the BJP will file a defamation suit against him, he said. “My friends in the party are willing to file a defamation suit against him,” he said. <br /><br />He said Bhardwaj had downgraded the office of governor by his partisan attitude. He should demit the office respectfully. He should choose a state of his liking and leave Karnataka. “It is good for the state and him as well,” he said. <br /><br />Asked whether he would challenge the governor’s sanction in court, he said he would go by the advice of the party’s central leaders.</p>
<p>The governor guided the Opposition parties in drafting the complaint against him so that he could accord sanction for prosecution, Yeddyurappa said.<br /><br />The chief minister, while talking to reporters on Monday said the governor should seek a public apology for insulting him by calling him a thief. Otherwise the BJP will file a defamation suit against him, he said. “My friends in the party are willing to file a defamation suit against him,” he said. <br /><br />He said Bhardwaj had downgraded the office of governor by his partisan attitude. He should demit the office respectfully. He should choose a state of his liking and leave Karnataka. “It is good for the state and him as well,” he said. <br /><br />Asked whether he would challenge the governor’s sanction in court, he said he would go by the advice of the party’s central leaders.</p>
