Tipu Jayanti  

Speaking to MyNation, BJP spokesperson Shreenath Sheshadri claimed that history described in the textbooks must provide the entire history of Tipu Sultan

While the debate on the celebration of Tipu Jayanti continues it is important to look into the life of Tipu Sultan, his actual contribution to the freedom movement and the motive behind his actions

All eyes will be on the Karnataka high court as it will pronounce a verdict in relation to the government order nullifying Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations. 

While chief minister BS Yediyurappa has cancelled Tipu Jayanti, a few corporators of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have decided to defy the order and hold celebrations. 
 

As the BJP forms government in Karnataka, it is mulling withdrawing cases against Hindu activists who have been accused of rioting during the Congress regime.

Is the move to revoke triple talaq and Tipu Jayanti a stepping stone toward the greater goal of abrogation of articles 35A and 370 and also implementation of Uniform Civil Code? Here are the varied reactions from the two national parties and how political analysts look at it

 

The BJP government in Karnataka issued a notice to cancel Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Karnataka. Congress reacted expressing disbelief and called the BJP an “anti-minority party”.
 

'Journalist Santhosh Thammaiah was arrested for his allegedly abusive remarks. Lovers of India are jailed while those who love Pakistan are set free, protesters alleged,' say a section of Hindus

 

Cases filed against RSS leader, journalist and three others for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of a community. 

BJP’s Ananth Kumar Hegde alleged that missing the event was a deliberate action by the chief minister to avoid same fate as Siddaramaiah. 
 

When Sriramulu was a BJP MP, he was seen wishing people of Ballari in Karnataka during Tipu Jayanti. He changed his stand subsequently. He took no clear position on the Lingayat issue. Besides MLA Sriramulu's ideological confusion, the party's Ballari candidate J Shantha might have lost the by-election also because some party leaders in other parts of Karnataka were equally listless.
 

Siddaramaiah mentioned that power is a temporary thing, but compromising on secular principles is not fair. His Tweet looked like he was targeting Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswmy and deputy chief minister G Parameshwara for not taking part in state-organised Tipu Jayanti.
 

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and deputy chief minister G Parameshwara had skipped the Tipu Jayanti celebration held at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on November 10.

Karnataka secretariat in Bengaluru, Vidhana Soudha, turned into a fortress as the state government celebrated Tipu Jayanti with massive security. Protests were staged in Kodagu and other places terming the ruler as murderer.