<p>Upping the ante against Congress government over the celebrations of "Tipu Jayanti", Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa today asked the party cadre to scale up the protests against it on November 10 when the event will be held.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking at an "anti-Tipu Jayanti" rally here, as the party held state-wide protests on the issue, Yeddyurappa asked the party cadre to observe November 10 as a "black day" and court arrest on that day.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa declared that within 24-hours of coming to power, the BJP government would cancel Tipu Jayanti.<br /><br />Tipu Jayanti, slated to be celebrated across the state on November 10, is being observed since last year following a Congress government decision, which had triggered a major row and caused violence in Kodagu district in November last.<br /><br />Tipu Sultan was the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom, on whose reign academics, historians and eminent public personalities hold differing views, often engaging in public sparring.<br /><br />Tipu Sultan is treated by some as a "religious bigot" who ruthlessly killed and converted people to Islam, while others consider him as a great secular ruler who fought the British.<br />Yeddyurappa also said that he would call on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi tomorrow and explain the precarious law and order situation in Karnataka.<br /><br />All the cases of murder of RSS/BJP workers that have taken place in Karnataka must be referred to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) if truth has to come out, he said.<br /><br />Flaying the Siddaramaiah government, he said 'the beginning of the end of the Congress rule' in the state had begun.<br /><br />"At the most, Siddaramaiah can carry on his Tughlak Durbar for one year," he said.</p>
<p>Upping the ante against Congress government over the celebrations of "Tipu Jayanti", Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa today asked the party cadre to scale up the protests against it on November 10 when the event will be held.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking at an "anti-Tipu Jayanti" rally here, as the party held state-wide protests on the issue, Yeddyurappa asked the party cadre to observe November 10 as a "black day" and court arrest on that day.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa declared that within 24-hours of coming to power, the BJP government would cancel Tipu Jayanti.<br /><br />Tipu Jayanti, slated to be celebrated across the state on November 10, is being observed since last year following a Congress government decision, which had triggered a major row and caused violence in Kodagu district in November last.<br /><br />Tipu Sultan was the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom, on whose reign academics, historians and eminent public personalities hold differing views, often engaging in public sparring.<br /><br />Tipu Sultan is treated by some as a "religious bigot" who ruthlessly killed and converted people to Islam, while others consider him as a great secular ruler who fought the British.<br />Yeddyurappa also said that he would call on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi tomorrow and explain the precarious law and order situation in Karnataka.<br /><br />All the cases of murder of RSS/BJP workers that have taken place in Karnataka must be referred to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) if truth has to come out, he said.<br /><br />Flaying the Siddaramaiah government, he said 'the beginning of the end of the Congress rule' in the state had begun.<br /><br />"At the most, Siddaramaiah can carry on his Tughlak Durbar for one year," he said.</p>