India, June 6 -- After being removed from his post as political secretary to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Congress MLC K Govindaraj has broken his silence on claims that he had counselled the CM against hosting a grand victory parade for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL team, Times of India reported.

Dismissing the reports as "misconstrued", Govindaraj said on Saturday, "My comments were misinterpreted. I never advised the chief minister on this matter. Who am I to advice the CM?"

According to the CM, speaking to reporters, he emphasized that he had no involvement in planning or decision-making around the felicitation event that ended in tragedy. "I hold no brief on cricketing matters. In fact, I head the Karnataka Ol...