Tanveer Sait slams State govt on Tipu row, says students should read Yediyurappa's scams in history
Mysuru: Former Karnataka Minister Tanveer Sait on Thursday slammed BJP Government in the State for proposing to remove Tipu Sultan’s history from syllabus of State. Sait added that students should be taught history of BS Yediyurappa’s jail visit if Tipu’s history is removed from textbooks.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Thursday added “I didn’t campaign for celebrating Tipu Jayanti back then. The government decided to celebrate it, I welcomed the move. But now that BJP is planning to remove Tipu’s history from textbooks, it is wrong. It is betrayal to people”.
“MP Pratap Simha said history of father and son (Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan) should be removed from textbooks. "Should the students learn about the mining scam, Operation Kamala or about Yediyurappa’s jail sentence?" Sait said.
“The love for Tipu in the hearts and minds of millions of people is eternal. You cannot expect to remove it from people’s minds and hearts merely by taking Tipu out of textbooks” Sait noted.
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Two held for 'firing' at BJP leader's house in Bengal
Kolkata (PTI): A day before the counting of votes for the West Bengal assembly elections, two persons were arrested on Sunday for allegedly being involved in a firing incident outside the residence of a BJP leader in North 24 Parganas district, police said.
BJP leader Kundan Singh lodged a police complaint, alleging that a few gunmen fired at his house in the Noapara constituency around Saturday midnight.
Based on the CCTV footage, the two accused were apprehended, a senior officer said.
BJP's Noapara candidate Arjun Singh, in a post on social media, claimed that around 12.05 am, two armed miscreants arrived on a motorcycle at the residence of Kundan Singh, a BJP functionary and secretary of the Barrackpore organisational district, with an "intent to kill him".
According to the BJP leader, the accused are residents of Garulia and are known criminals.
Their names as offenders had been submitted to the Election Commission, he said.
The police officer did not specify whether the two arrested persons were the same individuals named by Arjun Singh.
According to the complaint, one round of firing took place outside Kundan Singh's house, triggering panic in the area.
The BJP candidate also questioned the role of the police, claiming that one of the accused had been detained by the police on the polling day but was later released in the evening.
The Noapara assembly seat went to the polls on April 29.
Several BJP leaders alleged that attempts were being made to create an atmosphere of fear ahead of the counting and weaken the organisation of the opposition parties.
The counting of votes will take place on May 4. Polling for the West Bengal assembly elections was held on April 23 and April 29.
The BJP urged the Election Commission to intervene immediately to ensure peaceful counting.
TMC candidate Somnath Shyam rubbished Arjun Singh’s allegation, claiming that the BJP nominee had orchestrated the firing incident to divert attention from imminent defeat.
“Arjun Singh knows all the gangsters in the Barrackpore belt. Everyone knows about his links with the underworld. Let the police investigate the incident,” Shyam said.
