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Controversy on glorifying Tipu Sultan
Kashmir Times. Dated: 11/12/2018 3:31:16 PM
Dear Editor,
It refers to controversy on glorifying Tipu Sultan by Karnatak government under compulsion of alliance-politics celebrating his birth-anniversary with both Chief Minister and his deputy skipping the event. It is significant that Karnatak Chief Minister was against any such celebration when he was not in power, with BJP always opposing such celebrations because of Tipu sultan accused of forcible religion-conversions.
Such celebration at state-level started in the year 2015 amidst protests and resistance only for appeasing pseudo-secular vote-bank politics. State government should end the controversy by forming a study-team of historians for studying if Tipu Sultan really made forced religious-conversions and extinction of Kodavas community with allegations of killing 70000 of the community and capturing other 90000.
If allegations are proved true, then not only bcelebration of birth-anniversary but even his glorification in any manner should be stopped.
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba, Chandni Chowk Delhi