Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar pledged to oppose the naming of the sports complex in Mumbai s Malad after Tipu Sultan and assured to rename the ground on the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj if they come to power in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Mumbai Police on Wednesday took into custody Bajrang Dal workers protesting against the naming of a sports complex after the 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan in Malad. Meanwhile, slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress leader and Guardian Minister of Mumbai Aslam Shaikh said the saffron party today "sent its goons to defame the country".