Karnataka Congress MLA Tanveer Sait on Thursday promised a 100 toes statue of Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna of Karnataka’s Mysuru.
Sait, who was elected MLA from Narasimharaja constituency, mentioned the statue would stand as a logo of the “true historical past” of Tipu Sultan for the approaching generations. Claiming that the historical past across the warrior have been “distorted” by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Get together.
“A 100-feet-tall statue of Tipu Sultan will probably be erected in Mysuru or Srirangapatna which is able to stand as a logo of the particular historical past round him. The BJP authorities has been distorting the historical past round Tipu Sultan and are bent on operating his legacy down. Therefore, there was an pressing have to construct this statue,” Sait mentioned whereas collaborating within the Tipu Kannada Rajyotsava in Mysuru on Thursday.
He mentioned, “Regardless of the ban on erecting idols in Islam, I’ll nonetheless erect a statue of Tipu to inform the reality to the subsequent generations.”
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah additionally reacted to the announcement, claiming that the BJP was busy distorting the historical past across the 18th century warrior.
“Why cannot the statue of Tipu Sultan be constructed? Does he not deserve a statue? The BJP at all times distorts historical past. One ought to keep in mind what they mentioned about Narayan Guru, Ambedkar and others. They at all times twist and falsify information,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
Popularly referred to as the Tiger of Mysore, Tipu Sultan has been the topic of controversy within the state, particularly since 2015 when the BJP and the Congress fought over the necessity to rejoice the 18th-century ruler’s birthday.
Throughout the Congress rule in 2017, former chief minister Siddaramaiah had introduced the celebration of Tipu Jayanti on November 10.
Nonetheless, in 2018, Uttara Kannada MP after which Union minister Ananthkumar Hegde condemned the state authorities’s choice to rejoice Tipu Sultan’s delivery anniversary.
In keeping with documented historical past, Tipu Sultan fought towards the British and died in 1799 whereas defending his capital Srirangapatna (present-day Mandya).
The celebration of the 18th-century ruler’s delivery anniversary had pitted the BJP towards the Congress, with a number of social gathering leaders condemning the grand previous social gathering.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the ‘Statue of Prosperity’, the 108-feet bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda.
The statue has been constructed to commemorate the contribution of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founding father of town, in direction of the expansion of Bengaluru.
“Conceptualized and sculpted by Ram V Sutar of Statue of Unity fame, 98 tonnes of bronze and 120 tonnes of metal have gone into the making of this statue,” the PMO mentioned.