While The BJP has opposed the state government’s plan to celebrate Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday hailed the 18th century ruler of Mysore as a “formidable soldier’’ from Karnataka who “died a heroic death”. Addressing a joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha — the state legislature building — the President said: “Tipu Sultan died a heroic death fighting the British
While The BJP has opposed the state government’s plan to celebrate Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday hailed the 18th century ruler of Mysore as a “formidable soldier’’ from Karnataka who “died a heroic death”. Addressing a joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha — the state legislature building — the President said: “Tipu Sultan died a heroic death fighting the British