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 who were protesting against the naming of a sports complex in Mumbai s Malad after Tipu Sultan.
After the inauguration of a sports complex in Mumbai s Malad on the name of Tipu Sultan, the 18th-Century Mysuru ruler, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Raj Purohit said that Aslam Sheikh who is the guardian minister of Mumbai, must go to Pakistan if he wants anything on the name of Tipu Sultan.
Amid protests by BJP and Bajrang Dal over the move to rename a refurbished sports complex in Mumbai after 18th Century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray has said that name of the place has not been finalised yet.