Kolkata (West Bengal), Oct. 24 -- : A descendant of Tipu Sultan on Wednesday claimed that it is "shameful" that the former ruler is being targeted for vote bank politics.
Speaking to ANI, Md Shahid Alam said, "History can never be deleted. Tipu Sultan was a freedom fighter. I will write a letter to the Prime Minister regarding this issue what is happening and the way Tipu Sultan is being targetted is not good."
Alam is the eighth descendant of Tipu Sultan.
This comes after Madikeri MLA and BJP leader Appachu Ranjan wrote to Education Minister S Suresh Kumar, proposing to strike-off references to Tipu Sultan from history textbooks.
Responding to this, his descendant said, "Some people are playing vote bank politics just to get votes, wh...