Posted 12/17/2023, 12:23:09 PM
BJP MP Objects to Proposal to Rename Mysuru Airport After Tipu Sultan, Vows to Block Move
- BJP MP Pratap Simha strongly objected to proposal to rename Mysuru airport after Tipu Sultan, calling it "ridiculous"
- Simha said airport had already received approval to be renamed after 20th-century king Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
- Simha accused Congress of trying to appease particular community for vote bank politics by elevating Tipu Sultan
- Simha vowed not to allow airport to be named after Tipu Sultan, saying he stands with sentiments of people of Mysuru-Kodagu
- Congress MLA Prasad Abbayya originally proposed renaming airport after Tipu Sultan, defending decision and calling himself a "fan" of Tipu