Tippu Sultan Jayanti-differences of Opinion

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sun, Oct 22, 2017, 06:05 PM

Tippu Sultan Jayanti-differences of Opinion

The Karnataka Governments Tipu Sultan Jayanthi celebrations next month has become a topic of controversy.On November 10th previous years the celebrations were sponsored by the state government. Normally Tipu is considered secular in nature.He employed Rayasam Venkanna as his Prime Minister.Individually there might be some accusations against him.It is also open truth, he fought against British forces and lost his life in srirangapatnam war, as his forehead hit the threshold.

Now the central minister from Karnataka Ananth Kumar Hegde sent a letter in writing to the state chief secretary.He wanted to omit his name from the official invitation for this function. He also wants to boycott the function.All this for what purpose?Tipu who ruled Karnataka in the 18th century was "brutal killer" and "mass rapist" as per BJP leaders' opinion.As a sequel to this BJP MPs Shobha karandlaje, Nalin Kumar Kateel also expressed their unwillingness to attend the function.



Cheif Minister of Karnataka Siddarammaiah did not budge and he wants to follow protocol which requires the elected representative names to be mentioned in invitations.CM is not bothered about the member's attendance or absence in this regard.

It is well Known fact that Congress government in Karnataka wants to show their secular credentials openly.The BJP which is with massive majority at center and running government in so many states resurrects the religious patriotic fervor wherever possible.We are not quite sure who is irked by these rhetoric and who is in high spirits due to this trend. The simple reason is we dont have electronic gauging machines for emotions.