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Tipu Jayanti demand reignites row, Kharge targets BJP over RSS' freedom record

Bengaluru, Nov 10 (UNI) A fresh demand to restore official Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations has reopened Karnataka's politically sensitive historical debate, with Home Minister Priyank Kharge invoking the Mysore ruler's four wars against the British and questioning the RSS's role in the freedom struggle.
Reacting to a memorandum submitted by cultural organisation Tehrik-e-Khudadaad to Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Kharge accused the BJP of selectively interpreting history and opposing the commemoration of Tipu Sultan for political reasons.
"The BJP needs to get its history right. Tipu Sultan fought four Anglo-Mysore Wars. The RSS did not even participate in the freedom struggle. They did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement, they did not participate in the Quit India Movement, they were not part of any of the Round Table Conferences, and they did not participate in the Dandi March or the Non-Cooperation Movement. They did nothing. And they are the ones dictating terms," he said.
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