On the orders of Additional Commissioner Shalum Hussain, Section 144 was imposed in Yadgir from Sunday 6 am till 11 pm on Monday to avoid any sort of untoward incidents, police said.
Sahevzada Mansoor Ali said that while BJP is trying to project Tipu Sultan as a villain, Congress is trying to project him as a hero to gain the votes of his admirers.
With an aim to reach the helm, but this time with over 150 seats, in poll-bound Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has announced to be kickstarting a 20-day mega rally, Vijay Sankalp Yatra, starting from March 1.
Karnataka Congress on Thursday filed a complaint against state IT and Higher Education minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan for allegedly urging people to 'finish off' Congress leader Siddaramaiah like Tipu Sultan at Malleshwaram police station.
Controversy over Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, is refusing to die down with BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi accusing the opposition congress of doing politics on the policies of the 18th-century warrior who is being accused of killing Hindus.
Guardian minister of Mumbai Suburban District, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, on Friday said the name of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, has been removed from a garden in Malad West area of the city.
"Congress Party leaders talk about compassion to Tipu Sultan and terrorists. The people and law will not spare them if they support terrorists and Tipu Sultan," CM Bommai said while addressing a Jan Sankalp Yatra, on Friday that was attended by former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, in Pandav
Sait, who was elected MLA from Narasimharaja constituency, said the statue would stand as a symbol of the "true history" of Tipu Sultan for the coming generations. Claiming that the history around the warrior have been "distorted" by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.