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Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde has refused to be a part of the controversial Tipu Sultan Jayanti to be celebrated on November 10 in Karnataka, officials said.
In the letter dated October 14, the Minister of State for Skill Development has asked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s secretary to not send any official invite for the event which has seen a backlash from opposition parties ever since its conception in 2015.
Hegde had in 2016 condemned the state government’s plan to celebrate the event which marks the birth anniversary of the controversial former ruler of princely state of Mysuru.
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Despite violent protests and clashes, which claimed the lives of three people Kodagu district in 2016, the Karnataka government decided to celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti every year on November 10.
The opposition BJP and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have called Tipu Sultan a bigot and a violent king who forcefully converted and massacred Hindus and Christians.
The event has been dubbed as a way to appease minorities by the BJP, a charge denied by the Congress who in turn called the BJP a communal party out to disturb the peace in the state.
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