Tuesday, 30 July 2019

BSY junks Tipu event, reverses Congress move

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday cancelled celebrations of Tipu Jayanti as a state event, reversing a decision taken by the Siddaramaiah government. BJP and right-wingers had strongly opposed the move to celebrate Tipu’s birth anniversary, calling the erstwhile sultan of Mysore as a “religious bigot”.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/317KpCx

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