Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Oct 24: “The Tipu Jayanti will spell doom for the Congress government in the 2018 polls,” said BJP Yuva Morcha state president and Member of Parliament Pratap Simha.

He was speaking in a state-level convention organised by the Anti-Tipu Sultan Jayanti Forum here.

“There was a fire mishap on the sets of a serial on Tipu Sultan that filmmaker Sanjay Khan was doing. Businessman Vijay Mallya, who bought Tipu Sultan’s sword, lost his business. Siddaramaiah is celebrating Tipu Sultan and his political empire too will fall similarly,” Simha added.

From October 25 to November 10, the Anti-Tipu Sultan Jayanti Forum will stage protests and rallies, its convenor Addanda Kariappa said.

Meanwhile, the Congress defended the Tipu Jayanti. “Tipu Sultan was a patriot. No one can change history,” former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief said. “BJP leaders are opposing Tipu Jayanti to appease a few people,” he said.

KPCC president G Parameshwara hit out at BJP by saying “Their opposition only shows their mentality.”

The Congress recently released pictures of BJP leaders participating in a Tipu Sultan Jayanti in the past years, accusing them of double standards.

Tipu Sultan Jayanti will be celebrated on November 10 in the state.