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Sources in Congress explain that the party wants to name Mysuru airport after Tipu to counter the BJP, which changed the name of the Tipu Express train to the Wadiyar Express. BJP also removed the title ‘Mysuru Tiger,’ believed to be given to Tipu Sultan, from the syllabus of textbooks.
The ruling Congress and BJP are confrontational following the proposal to name the Mysuru airport after Tipu Sultan.
Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes, either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.
With nothing positive to show for its government, the saffron party is attempting to woo the Vokkaliga community in the poll-bound state with a false story of Tipu Sultan's rule.
The renaming of Tipu Express is in response to a demand put forward by Mysuru MP Pratap Sinha of the BJP, who had written to the then railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw a few months ago.