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Tanveer Sait against resumption of Tipu Jayanti celebrations by Karnataka government

Former Minister Tanveer Sait on Friday, November 10, expressed his opposition to any move to resume Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Karnataka by the government.

Mr. Sait, a Congress MLA representing the Narasimharaja Assembly segment in Mysuru, offered floral tributes to the tomb of Tipu Sultan at Gumbaz in Srirangapatna near here on his 273rd birthday on Friday.

For a very long time, Tipu’s admirers had been celebrating his birthday as a private affair out of their respect for him, in their own manner. But, ever since the State government started celebrating Tipu Jayanti in 2016, the situation began taking a turn for the worse, he regretted.

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