No Garden Named After Tipu Sultan: Mayor
Mumbai, Jan 31: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Monday that there is no garden officially named after Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore in South India, in the metropolis by the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
She said that a proper procedure is to be followed before naming a garden or any public place, hence no procedure was followed and no garden was officially named after Tipu Sultan by BMC in the city.
Pednekar a Sena leader, further said, “There is no garden officially named after Tipu Sultan by BMC in Malad, Mumbai. The name of the garden is not registered with BMC. The signboard (of the garden’s name) has been installed by the local MLA, with whom, we are speaking.”
Congress MLA Aslam Sheikh had reportedly named a garden in Malad after Tipu Sultan on Republic Day, which had sparked controversy in the state. The BJP had decided to stage a ‘dharna’ against the naming of the garden after the 18th-century ruler.
