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Karnataka BJP MLA Invokes Tipu Sultan During Rally, Sparks Controversy Again

The MLA's remarks add to a line of other leaders in Karnataka who have invoked Tipu Sultan in their speeches to the public

Tipu Sultan row erupts again in Karnataka
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Karnataka바카라 웹사이트Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal바카라 웹사이트allegedly바카라 웹사이트compared Muslims to Tipu Sultan and asked바카라 웹사이트people not to vote for a Muslim leader,바카라 웹사이트in his address to a rally at바카라 웹사이트Vijayapura in Karnataka. His remarks바카라 웹사이트have바카라 웹사이트once again stroked the controversy over the바카라 웹사이트18th-century ruler of Mysore ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.

"All MLAs ask me, in your constituency, there are one lakh Tipu Sultans (Muslim votes) and how you Shivaji Maharaj라이브 바카라 descendants will win from Bijapur,” Yatnal said in Kannada, adding that, "Even by mistake you should not cast your votes for Muslims."바카라 웹사이트

Congress leaders Priyank Kharge and Ramesh Babu condemned the remarks.바카라 웹사이트Priyank Kharge said, “Bringing this kind of topic before the election is not good, “Kannadigas” prefer progress."

Other leaders

The MLA's remarks add to a line of other leaders who have invoked Tipu Sultan in their speeches.바카라 웹사이트Earlier this month, while addressing a public gathering in Karnataka's Mandya, Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan asked people “finish off” Congress leader Siddaramaiah the way “Vokkaliga chieftains Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda finished off Tipu Sultan”.

The remarks sparked outrage with the Congress unit in Karnataka바카라 웹사이트which바카라 웹사이트filed a police complaint against Mr Narayan for the same. The minister later "regretted" his remarks.

BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel바카라 웹사이트said those who revere Tipu Sultan should be "driven out" of Karnataka and바카라 웹사이트appealed to people to "kill" all "ardent followers" of Tipu Sultan.바카라 웹사이트The Congress filed a complaint against him as well.바카라 웹사이트

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