Editing Tipu Sultan (section)

===Tipu Sultan Jayanti===
In 2015, the [[Government of Karnataka]], under the leadership of then Chief Minister [[Siddaramaiah]] from the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party, began to celebrate Tipu's birth anniversary as the "Tipu Sultan Jayanti".<ref name="dc:">{{cite web|date=30 July 2019|title=BJP govt orders cancellation of Tipu Sultan Jayanti |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bjp-govt-orders-cancellation-of-tipu-sultan-jayanti-750690.html |access-date=20 September 2019|work=Deccan Herald}}</ref> The Congress regime declared it as an annual event to be celebrated on 20 November.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 November 2019|title=Tipu Sultan Birth Anniversary: Life And Works of the 18th Century Ruler |publisher=NDTV|agency=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tipu-sultan-birth-anniversary-tipu-jayanti-today-know-about-mysore-ruler-2135552|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> It was officially celebrated in Karnataka initially by the Minority Welfare department, and later by the Kannada & Culture department. However, on 29 July 2019, the next Chief Minister [[B. S. Yediyurappa]], who belongs to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), ordered the celebrations cancelled, saying: "Legislators from [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] had highlighted incidents of violence during Tipu Jayanti."

Objecting against the cancellation of the celebrations, the previous Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said: "BJP has cancelled it because of their hatred towards minorities. It's a big crime. He [Tipu] was a king of Mysore and fought against the British [as] a freedom fighter. It was during his time when the foundation was laid for the [[Krishna Raja Sagara]] dam. He also tried to improve industry, agriculture and trade". The previous year, not a single JD(S) leader, including the then chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, attended the event, turning it into a fiasco.<ref name="dc:" />

The [[Lok Sabha]] Congress leader, [[Mallikarjun Kharge]], also earlier criticized BJP and [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] for their opposition against holding the celebrations, and asked: "When RSS can celebrate [[Nathuram Godse]], can't we celebrate Tipu Sultan?"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Upadhya|first1=Harish |date=31 October 2016|title=Karnataka Prepares To Celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti, BJP Threatens Stir Karnataka|publisher=NDTV|agency=NDTV |url=http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/karnataka-prepares-to-celebrate-tipu-sultan-jayanti-bjp-threatens-stir-1587064|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>