<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday said he would “welcome” the Supreme Court verdict on CBI probe against him. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Putting on a brave face, Yeddyurappa said unlike the mythological character Abhimanyu, he knew how to “come out of Chakravyuha.” <br /><br />Speaking at the inauguration of a building belonging to Suttur Mutt at Nanjangud, he said: “I am strong enough to face the probe and mentally prepared to brave all the odds ever since I forayed into politics. I am only an accused and not convicted. I am confident of coming clean.”<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said he was made a scapegoat by former Lokayukta Santosh Hegde who was mandated to investigate illegal mining since 2000, but limited his inquiry to the period during which he was chief minister.<br /><br /> “I will take up state-wide tour after three months and explain what I did as deputy chief minister and chief minister,” he said. <br /><br />Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda shared the dais, but didn’t speak to each other. On returning to Bangalore, Yeddyurappa addressed the media along with 18 legislators, including Ministers Umesh Katti, V Somanna, Jagadish Shettar and Murgesh Nirani. “I am accused in illegal mining due to political conspiracy though it is I who stopped it,” he said.<br /><br />‘No impact on govt’ <br /><br />Sadananda Gowda claimed that the SC verdict will not have any impact on the government.<br /></p>
<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday said he would “welcome” the Supreme Court verdict on CBI probe against him. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Putting on a brave face, Yeddyurappa said unlike the mythological character Abhimanyu, he knew how to “come out of Chakravyuha.” <br /><br />Speaking at the inauguration of a building belonging to Suttur Mutt at Nanjangud, he said: “I am strong enough to face the probe and mentally prepared to brave all the odds ever since I forayed into politics. I am only an accused and not convicted. I am confident of coming clean.”<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said he was made a scapegoat by former Lokayukta Santosh Hegde who was mandated to investigate illegal mining since 2000, but limited his inquiry to the period during which he was chief minister.<br /><br /> “I will take up state-wide tour after three months and explain what I did as deputy chief minister and chief minister,” he said. <br /><br />Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda shared the dais, but didn’t speak to each other. On returning to Bangalore, Yeddyurappa addressed the media along with 18 legislators, including Ministers Umesh Katti, V Somanna, Jagadish Shettar and Murgesh Nirani. “I am accused in illegal mining due to political conspiracy though it is I who stopped it,” he said.<br /><br />‘No impact on govt’ <br /><br />Sadananda Gowda claimed that the SC verdict will not have any impact on the government.<br /></p>
