Chikkaballapur, June 11 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that he himself had invited Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot to the RCB players' felicitation ceremony at Vidhan Soudha.

Addressing a press conference near Gauribidanur, CM Siddaramaiah said, "I had invited the Governor to the felicitation ceremony of RCB players held at Vidhan Soudha."

"The Governor did not come on his own; he was invited," he said.

The Karnataka CM further said that on June 4, the Karnataka Cricket Association and RCB organised a felicitation program for the players.

"Shankar and Jayaram from the KSCA invited me at 11.29 am that morning and requested me. I agreed to this," Siddaramaiah said.

The CM said it was wrong that newspapers and t...