Sultan: MVA, BJP bid to name Mumbai Garden after Tipu Sultan. India News – Times of India

Mumbai: Amidi BJPOpposition to the alleged move of “naming” a renovated Garden here after Tipu Sultan, Maharashtra The Congress on Thursday claimed that even President Ram Nath Kovind had praised the 18th century Mysore ruler in the Karnataka Assembly in 2017.
The BJP had staged a protest on Wednesday, alleging that the renovated garden has been named Type Sultan. It objected to the name, claiming that the Sultan had persecuted Hindus and therefore his name was unacceptable for public convenience. However, Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh, who inaugurated the new facilities at the park in suburban Malvani, said it always bears Tipu’s name. sultan, and that there was no new nomenclature.
Countering BJP’s opposition, Maharashtra Congress General Secretary Sachin Sawant said, “… Bringing religion to portray historical figures is BJP’s distorted politics.” To speak ill about someone of hatred and polarization.” Sawant said, “Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose hologram was inaugurated by the PM, called Tipu a martyr and his Mysore Tiger was made a part of the flag of his Azad Hind Army as well as It was also put on his uniform.”
NCP chief spokesperson and state cabinet minister Nawab Malik said, “Tipu Sultan never surrendered to the British and he was martyred in the fight against the invaders…”
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and party’s Lok Sabha member from Aurangabad Imtiaz Jaleel said Tipu Sultan’s name is being opposed because he is a Muslim.

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