If Tanveer Seth installs Tipu statue, we will demolish it like we demolished Babri: Pramod Muthalik
Hubballi: Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has responded with a threat, to a statement by Congress MLA Tanveer Seth to install a statue of Tipu Sultan in Mysuru.
The legislator had recently said in Mysuru that, in the backdrop of several instances of tweaking facts from history, he would install a 100-foot-tall statue of the ‘Tiger of Mysore’ in either Srirangapatna or Mysuru. “The future generations will get to learn the truth about the history of our land. I will install a statue of Tipu Sultan although installation of statues is prohibited in Islam,” Seth has stated at a public event.
Expressing his ire towards the statement, Pramod Muthalik has threatened that such a statue would be razed like the Babri Masjid.
The Sene head, who addressed the media after attending the Kanaka Jayanti event at Idgah Maidan in Hubballi city, warned, “If a statue of Tipu is installed, we will destroy it like we destroyed the Babri Masjid.”
He further said that he opposed the forced addition of the word ‘secular’ in the Constitution of India, “Since India is a nation for Hindus just as Pakistan is for Muslims.”
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
